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INDEX 



Foresight, three essentials of, 41. 

 Forethought, necessity of, 115. 

 Foundation : 



cement, 164. 



cinder and concrete, 163. 

 Fountains, for milk, need special 



cleansing, 122. 

 Fowls, domestic, vaUiation basis, 401. 



company of, fascinating, ss- 



draw for private custom, 357. 



drawing, 358-360. 



health, selection for, 104. 



in nature, 84. 



many, managing, 202. 



occupation and recreation for, g8. 



older, molt more slowly, 400. 



on range, independent, 92. 



winter sleeping rooms for, 157. 

 Freighting costly, 84. 

 Friends, of poultryman, 352. 

 Fruit, wasting, good poultry feed, loi. 

 Fungi, in dusty, musty straws, grains, 

 117. 



G. 



Game, domestic, :i^S. 



Gapes, practical general treatment, 1 1 1 . 



Geese : 



capacity, averages, cost to keep, 322. 



Embden, 32S. 



forming habits of, 321. 



mating, 324. 



white Chinese, 328. 

 Germs, good and evil, 430. 

 Glass : 



radiates heat, 163. 



too much, 68. 

 Goose : 



egg product, increasing, 326. 



incubating, the, 326. 

 Goslings : 



first handling of, 325. 



natural feed for, 325. 

 Grain, burying, 232. 

 Grains, buy sound only, iiq. 

 Ground, foul, sweeten at once by 



spading, 122. 

 Grouse : 



disappearing, 350. 



ruffed, once a pest, 345. 



Guide, the only, 375. 

 Guinea, Pearl, 338, 342. 



weight of, 342. 

 Guineas: 



as game, 344. 



as mothers, 343. 



demand for, 343. 



social, 342. 



young, in New York market, 344. 



H 



Habit, the supply, 405. 

 Habits, of hens, study, 44. 

 HandHng : 



care in, 384. 



on range, 10. 



simplifying, 390. 

 Hatch, machine, successful, 54. 

 Hatcheries, central, 239. 

 Hatches, early, 39. 

 Health : 



and activity, 177. 



of poultry, waning, 112. 

 Heat: 



glass radiates, 163. 



in brooder, controUing, 69. 

 Hen: 



idle, maintaining, 203. 



record, Oregon College, 205. 



setting the, 34. 



sitting, the fierce, 34. 



the average, 22S. 

 Hens: 



better than pullets, 180. 



common, cost, 14. 



do not average, 203. 



farm average, usual income, 239. 



fighting, good mothers, 39. 



nervous, not good sitters, 38. 



non-laying, 70. 



pure-bred, cost of, 16. 



starting with, 14. 



three, Cornell record, 204. 



too fat, 249. 



with broods, buying, 12. 

 Hopper: 



Cornell rat proof, 170. 



feed, compartment, lOo- 

 Hoppers, rat proof, necessary, 140, 



