508 



INDEX 



Brahmas, 60, 64 

 Bran, wheat, 350 

 Bread crumbs, 381 

 Breed, choosing a, 78 



defined, 53 



standards, 57, 58 

 Breeders, hens versus pullets as, 148 



management of, 152-153 



problem of, 29 

 Breedmg chart, 121 



cross-, 127 



kinds of, 127 

 purpose of, 127 



definition of, 89 



floclf, farm, 155-156 

 selection of, 156 



grading, 113-118 



line, 118-120 



chart for, 119 

 definition of, 118 

 purpose of, 120 

 use of new blood, 120 



maternal impressions on, 111 



methods of, 113-124 



oflScial tests for, 151 



pedigreeing methods of, 124- 

 126 



tests of efficient, 144 

 Breeds, classification of, 61-64 



ornamental, 58-60 



productive, 58-60 



progenitor, 48, 51 * 



purpose of, 55 



standard for, 56-57 

 Brewers' grains, dried and wet, 339 

 Broilers, classification of, 444, 445 



feeding of, 388 



season for, 421 



standard pack for, 446 

 Bronze turkeys, 64, 80 

 Brooder, cool-air compartment of, 

 236 



crowding of chicks in, 252 



daUy management of, 250-251 



farm types, 238, 240 



heater for, 232 



hover, 235 



number of chicks to a, 253 



parts of, 232 



place of operation, 247 



preparation for chicks, 248-250 



proper temperature of, 232-233 



regulators for, 238 



thermometers, 246 



Brooder, ventilating systems of, 



236 

 Brooding, artificial, 231-254 



natural, 229, 231 



principles of, 232 

 Broody coops, 286 

 Buckeyes, 73 

 Buckwheat, 332, 



bran and middlings, 339 

 Bumblefoot, 481 

 Buttermillc, 346 

 Buyers, classes of, 33-34 



definition of, 33-34 



duties of, 33-34 



Cabbage as a feed, 352 



Campines, 62 



Canadian geese, 64 



Candling, object of, 469^70 



Canker, 492 



Cannibalism in chicks, 253 



Caponizing, advantages of, 98 



age for, 99 



details of operation, 98-107 



instruments needed, 100-102 

 Capons, classification of, 445 



making of, 98-107 



method of dressing, 440 



as mothers, 231 



standard pack, 448 

 Catarrh, 492 

 Carbohydrates, definition of, 310 



uses of, 311 

 Ceca, structure and function of, 



318-319 

 Cell division, 167 

 Cement floor, construction of, 274 

 Chalazae, location of, 164 

 Charcoal, use of, 356 

 Checked eggs, loss as, 474 

 Chick-feeding appliances, 411, 414- 



417 

 Chicken, boned, 463 



cholera, 485 



pox, 482 

 Chickens, digestive powers of, 323 



efficiency of, as compared with 

 other animals, 44 



grades of dressed, 445 



market classification of, 444- 

 445 



