INDEX. 



Absorption, 318 



Adaptable brooders, 235, 239, 240 



African geese, 64 



Age of breeding stock, 14S 



Aim in breeding, 128 



Air cell in egg, 164, 165, 466 



drainage, 260 



heaters, 198 

 Albumen, 163, 164 



formation of, 93 



kinds of, 164 



milk, 346 

 Alfalfa, green, 351 



meal, 338 

 Alimentary tract, 31S 

 AUantois, 171 



Alternating yards, 295, 296 

 American class, breeds of, 72, 76 

 origin and history of, 72, 



76 

 slaughter tests of, 76 



Poultry Association, 57 



standard of perfection, 57 

 Amnion, 169 

 Amniotic fluid, 169 

 Amylolytic ferment, 317 

 Analysis of egg, 310 



of feeds, 505 



of fowl, 310 

 Anatomy of the fowl, 314r^l9 

 Ancestry of domestic fowl, 48-51 

 Anconas, 61, 67 

 Andalusians, 67 

 Animal feeds, 343-348, 356 

 Annual jDroduction, individual vari- 

 ation in, 148 

 Appendix, 501-505 

 Appliances, feeding, 408-420 

 Area opaca, 167 



Area pellucida, 167 



of yards, 296 

 Artificial brooding, 229-253 



heating of houses, 265-267 



incubation, 1 86-225 

 Ash content of egg, 307 



of fowl's body, 307 



in feeds, 605 



use of, 307, 308 

 Asiatic class, breeds of, origin and 



history of, 60, 64-67 

 Aspergillosis,. 481 

 Aylesbury ducks, 63, 83 



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Bantams, 62, 63 

 Barley, 331, 332 



ground, 338, 339 

 Barred Plymouth Rook, 61, 71, 74, 



139 

 Barrels, packing for, 446 

 Beets, 351, 352 

 Bench picking, 431 

 Bile, 317 



Bimetallic thermostat, 196-197 

 Birchen games, 62 

 Blackhead, 339 

 Blastoderm, 164 

 Bleeding, necessity of thorough, 



428-^30 

 Blood, dried, 342 



rings, 475-476 

 Blue Andalusian, 61 

 Bone, dry, granulated, 335 



green cut, 356 

 Boning, 451-463 

 Booted Bantams, 63 

 Bourbon turkeys, 64 

 Boxes for dressed poultry, 446 

 (507) 



