INDEX 



511 



. Eggs, storage packed, 23 

 weak or heated, 472 

 weight of, 166 

 Embryo of chick, 167-175 

 Endoderm, 169 

 English class, origin and history 



of, 76-78 

 Equipment of poultry house, 283- 



287 

 Evaporation during incubation, 209 

 Eversion of the oviduct, 485 

 Exercise, importance of, in feeding, 



377 

 External parasites, 489, 490-491 



F 



Fancier, definition of a, 29 



opportunities of, 30 



place for, 29-30 

 Fancy points, economic value, 58 

 Farm brooders, types of, 238-243 



poultry income, 20 

 house, 270 

 keeping, advantages of, 39 



production, amount of, 20 

 Fasting before killing, 42S 

 Fats, composition of, 311 \ 



uses of, 311 

 Fattening, 305 



crates for, 419 



pens, advantages of, 395 



rations for, 398-399 



results of milk, 396 



use of tallow in, 398 

 FaveroUes, 62 

 Feathers, care of, for market, 441 



quotations on, 441 

 Fecundity, 138-144 



as affected by comfort, 143 



inheritance of, 141-142 



object of breeding, 138 



productive type of, 144 

 Feed, amount of, 366, 367, 377, 378 



combinations of, 324 



concentrated, 327 

 Feeding, amount and frequency of, 

 324, 325 

 consumed by different 

 classes, 67 



appliances for, 408-413 



basis of, 376 



chicks, principles of, 380-387 



Feeding ducklings, 403, 404 



exercise, necessity of, 377 



for fattening, 305 



hoppers, dry mash, 410-413 



objects of, 303 



physiological process of, 303 



practice of, 376-408 



problem of, 376 



production of growth, 304-305 

 of heat, 303 



purpose of, 371 



regularity in, 376-377 



shelf for, 286-287 



troughs for, 410 



wet mash, 379 



versus dry, 379 

 Feeds, animal, 325, 342, 344, 346, 347 



classification of, 331 



digestibility of, 321-322 



effects of cooking on, 327 

 on product, 373 



mash constituents, 337-350 



mineral, 355-358 



palatability of, 327, 368 



succulent, 350-355 



stimulating, 340 



wetting of, 327 

 Feedstuffs, curing of, effect on, 328 



effect of age on, 328 

 Felch's Breeding System, 120 

 Fences, 294-296 



Fertile egg, appearance of, 471-477 

 Fertility, cessation of, 110 



time required after mating, 107 

 -110 

 Finishing table poultry, 388 

 Fish scrap, 342 



Fixtures for poultry house, 283 

 Floor space in poultry house, 270 

 Floors, construction of, 272-275 

 Flour, low grade, 349 

 Follicle, 89 



Forcing for egg production, 393 

 Fowl, classification of, 444 



cholera, 485 



composition of, 310 



origin of domestic, 48-51 



temperature of, 261 

 Frame picking, 433 

 French class, 62 

 Fresh air, importance of, 265 

 Frosted wattles and combs, 486- 



487 

 Future, limiting factors of, 41 



