INDEX 



515 



Packer defined, 34 



function and methods of, 34r-37 

 Packing, methods of, 446-448 



stencilling the box for, 448-449 

 Pancreas, location and function of, 



315, 317 

 Pancreatic juice, 317 

 Parasites, external, 489, 490 

 Pasture of poultry, 295 

 Pate de foi gras, 407 

 Pedigreeing, 124^126 

 Pekin ducks, 83-85 

 Pen, size of, 272 

 Perches, construction and location 



of, 285-286 

 Periods of incubation, 182 

 Physiology of fowl, 89-92; 314-319 

 Piano-box house, 255 

 Picking, methods of, 430-435 

 Pigeon, best age for breeders, 161 

 breeding of, 159-161 

 breeds of, 87-88 

 classes of, 87-88 

 determination of sex of, 160 , 

 feeding of, 408 

 houses for, 301-302 

 mating of, 159 

 number of, 18 

 squab breeding, 161 

 value of, 18 ' 

 Plans for houses, 276-289 

 Plymouth Rocks, 61, 73-77 



breeding of barred vari- 

 ety, 139-140 

 history of, 73-76 

 Poisoning, 491-492 

 Portable colony house, 288 



hover, 234, 237 

 Poultry, average value of, 18 



classification of, determining 



market, 444 

 cooling and shipping dressed, 



435-436 

 decomposition of drawn and 



undrawn, 442—443 

 definition of, 17 

 early American, 51-52 

 farms, special, 31 

 faults in dressed, 436-438 

 geographical distribution of, 



25-26 

 grading of, 444 



Poultry, home consumption of, 38 

 income of ten best states, 20 

 incubation period of, 182 

 limits of production of, 41 

 number of farms reporting on, 



17 

 operation incident to dressing, 



426-463 

 preparing of, for market, 426- 



450 

 preparation of products for 



market, 421^79 

 rank of states as to fowls kept, 



20 

 singeing of, for market, 450 

 statistics, 18, 501-504 

 tendency of the industry, 38- 



39 

 in United States, 19 

 value of farm production, 18 

 Poults, care and feeding of, 399- 



402 

 Predetermining fertility and sex, 



176-177 

 Prepotency, mark of, 145 



value of, 145 

 Preservation of eggs, 479 

 Primitive streak, 167 

 Producer to consumer, route of 

 poultry products, 36 

 defined, 30 

 Products, purpose of preparation, 

 425 

 seasonal distribution, 422 

 Protein defined, 308 

 function of, 309 

 relative cost of, 333 

 Ptomain poisoning, 492 

 Pullets, developing of, 389 



spraying of, 107 

 Pumpkins, 352 

 Pure bred, defined, 56 



Racks for cooling, 436 



Range, advantages of, 38, 294r-296 



Rape, 353 



Ration, balanced, 359 



chick, 382-388 



composition of, 370 



computing of, 364-365 



cost of, 374 



