514 



INDEX 



Live poultry, classification of, 444 

 Liver, enlargement of, 490 



location and function of, 315, 

 317-318 



spots, 473 

 Longevity, 144-148 

 Low-grade flour, 349 



M 



Maintenance! of health, 480 



of life, 303 

 Males, alternating, 154 

 care of, 153 



developing of breeding, 389 

 disposition of surplus, 155 

 number of females to, 152 

 Mammillary layer, 166 

 Mange wurtzel, 351-352 

 Manure, preservation of, 298-299 



value of, 298-299 

 Market eggs, infection in, 466- 

 467 

 liquefaction, 466 

 shrinkage in, 465-466 

 poultry, classification of, 444r- 

 445 

 preparation of, 426-450 

 Mash constituents, 337-350 

 Mating, time required for fertility 



in egg, 107-110 

 Meat breeds, classification of, 59 

 fresh, 343 

 scrap, 344r-346 



type, characteristics of, 134- 

 135 

 Mediterranean class, origin of, 67- 

 69 

 slaughter tests of, 76 

 Mesoderm, 169 

 Middlings, wheat, 346 

 Milk, albumin, 346 

 butter, 346 

 skim, 347 ' 

 whey, 348 

 Millet, 334 

 Mineral constituents in feeding, 



355-358 

 Minorcas, 61, 68-71 

 Mites, 490 

 Moisture in incubation, 209-213 



pan, 202 

 Molasses, 348 



Molt, feeding during, 393-394 

 Mouth part^, use of, 314 

 Muscovy ducks, 63 



N 



Nesting material, 184 

 Nests, care of, 284 



construction and location of, 

 283-285 



for hatching, 184 



trap, 123 

 Nursery, 191 



Nutrients, comparative costs in 

 feeds, 333 



defined, 305 



digestible, required per day, 

 361 



digestion and, 303-331 



from animal sources, 325 



function of, 313 



mutual relation of, 312 



Nature's supply of, 311-312 



relation of, to production, 

 306 



of vegetable source, 325 

 Nutrition of poultry, 314-320 

 Nutritive effect of a feed, 368 



ratio defined, 329 



Oats, 33^335 



sprouted, 353-354 

 Oil meal, linseed, 348-349 

 Onions, 352 

 Organic nutrients, 306 

 Open front poultry house, 292, 293 

 Organs, female reproductive, 89- 

 94 



male generative, 97-98 

 Orpingtons, 62, 77 

 Ovary, function of, 89 



location of, 90 



number of ova, 90 



parts of, 89 

 Overcrowding, evils of, 271 

 Oviduct, description of, 90-91 



location of, 90 

 Ovules, number of, 89-90 

 Oyster shells, 357-358 



