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POULTRY CULTURE 



Mediterranean types and breeds, 352 



Mendel's law, 469 



Method, defined, 79 



Methods, of artificial brooding, 277 ; of 

 feeding, 208 ; of incubation compared, 

 242; of judging, 542, 567; of killing, 

 310; of packing, 321; of picking, 318; 

 of testing eggs, 249 



Michigan Agricultural College, poultry 

 buildings at, 138-140, 146-147 



Middlemen, relations of, to poultrymen, 

 27, 329 



Middlings, buckwheat, 191; corn, 187; 

 oat, 188 ; wheat, 184 



Milk, 201 



Millet, 194 



Mill feeds, mixed, 190 



Mineral elements in foods, 179; func- 

 tions of, in poultry nutrition, 203 



Minnesota, cotton-front poultry house 

 in, illustrated, 117 



Minorcas, 363 ; Black, illustrated, 364, 

 525 ; White, illustrated, 365 



Mites, 342 



Mixed feeds, 185, 190 



Mixers for poultry food, 168 



Moisture in incubation, 259 



Molasses, beet, 197 



Molting, relation of, to egg production, 

 298 



Mongrels, 13; characteristics of, 346 



Moors, introduction of fowls into Spain 



by. 363 



Mossy, having traces of penciling on 

 parts of feathers which should be 

 clean-colored 



Mottled, having feathers of two colors 

 without regular pattern, as in the 

 Houdan ; also, having different shades 

 of a color in the same section of the 

 plumage 



Moving poultry houses, illustrated, 38, 1 38 



Muffs, tufts of feathers at the sides of 

 the head 



Muscovy Ducks, illustrated, 444 



Mussels, 200 



Natural feeding habits of poultry, 209 ; 



natural selection, 478 

 Nests, 160, illustrated, 38, 160, 244, 247; 



confining hens to, 246 ; materials for, 



245 

 \ew blood, introducing, 487 

 New York Show. See Madison Square 



Garden 

 North Carolina Agricultural College, 



poultry buildings at, 115, 134; trap 



nests at, 164 



Nourishment, relation of, to egg produc- 

 tion, 293 



Nursing, importance of, in the treat- 

 ment of disease, 340 



Nutrient ratio, i8o 



Nutritive organs of birds, 172 



Oatmeal, 187 



Oats, 187 



Oiled cloth, 113 



Onion tops, 195 



Onions, 197 



Ontario Experiment Station, experiment 

 with whey at, 202; incubator house 

 at, 128 



Ontario Experiment Station rations, 

 228 



Open classes, 542 



Open-front houses, 114; illustrated, 

 no, 114, 117 



Orpingtons, 416; varieties: Black, illus- 

 trated, 417 ; Buff, illustrated, 418, 422, 

 529; Jubilee, 419; Spangled, 420; 

 White, illustrated, 419, 499 



Ostriches, feeding habits of, 177; ra- 

 tions of, 235 



Outcross, to bring in new blood, to 

 mate birds of a close-bred stock or 

 strain with birds of another family 

 of their variety 



Ovaries, 289 



Overcrowding, effects of, 268, 555 



Overproduction of ducks, 62 



Oviduct, 289 



Ovules, number of, 290, 493 



Oyster shells, 204 



Oysters, 200 



Packing, fancy poultry and eggs for 

 hatching, 584; market eggs, 327; 

 market poultry, 321 



Painting, exhibition coops, 551 ; poul- 

 try houses, 129 



Pair, of live birds for breeding or ex- 

 hibition, a male and a female ; of 

 dressed poultry for exhibition, two 

 birds of the same sex 



Parasites, external, 283, 342 ; internal, 



341 

 Parti-colored, of two or more colors 

 Particulate selection, 481 

 Pasture, for poultry, 95 ; for geese, 237 , 



for goslings, 274 

 Pavloff fowls, 375 

 Peaches, 198 

 Pea comb. See Comb 

 Peafowls, 436 ; rations for, 234 

 Pea meal, 194 



