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INDEX 



Ration, definition of, 359 



digestibility of, 371 



maintenance, 360-361 



nutritive effect, 368-370 



palatability of a, 368 



requirements of a, 365-376 



typical laying, 391-393 

 Record of eighteen farm flocks, 42 

 Rectum, location of, 315, 319 

 Red Caps, 62 



dog flour, 349 

 Regularity, importance of, in feed- 

 ing, 376 

 Regulator arm, 190 



parts of, 195 

 Reproduction, 89-97, 162-182 



physical basis of, 89-91 

 Respiratory system, 261 

 Rhode Island Reds, history and 

 ■ origin of, 76 

 Rice, 335 

 Roaster, definition of, 445 



styles of packing of, 447 

 Roofing materials, 281 

 Roosters, classification of, 444 

 Roosts, 285-286 

 Rots, 476 

 Rouen ducks, 83 

 Roup, 492-494 

 Rye, 335-336 



pasture, 353 



Salt, 357 



Scald picking, 430-431 



Scaly leg, 494 



Scratch feed, 391 



Screening^, wheat, 337 



Selection, purpose of, 128-152 



Sh'ade and shelter, necessity of; 



257-258 

 Shanks, removing of, 462-463 

 Shed roof poultry house, 270-280 

 Shell, formation of, 94^95 



layers of, 165-166 



membrane, 164-165 



construction of, 164 



oyster, 357-358 

 Shorts, wheat, 349 

 Shrubbery, use of, 258 

 Skim milk, 347 

 Sick birds, care of, 480-499 



Silage, 353 



Singeing, method of, 450 

 Slips, classification of, 444 

 Soil, 259 _ 



conservation of fertility of, 45 

 Spleen, 315 

 Spot eggs, 475 



Springs, classification of, 444—445 

 Sprouted oats, 353-354 

 Stags, classification of, 444-445 

 Stained eggs, 468-469 

 Standard bred, defined, 56 



pack, 446-448 



of perfection, 56 

 i Stencils, use of, 448 

 Sticking knife, 430 

 Stomach, glandular, location !tnd 



function of, 315-316 

 Stove brooders, 242-246 

 Straw loft, 281-283 

 String picking, 431 

 Stud breeding, 154 

 Succulent feeds, 350-355 

 Sugar, 349 

 Sunflower seeds, 336 

 Sunlight, importance of, 269 

 Sunstroke, 495 

 Sussex, 62 



Tapeworms, 498-499 



Temperature for brooding, 243-246 

 for incubation, 205-207 



Tendons, pulling of, 455 



Testers, egg, 202, 469 



Thermometers, 201 



Thermostats, kinds of, 19&-197 



Toe picking, 253 



punching for identification, 147 



Tolman house, 292 



Tom, number of hens to one, 157 



Transportation, facilities for, 27 



Troughs, 410 



Trussing, 456 

 I Tuberculosis, 495-496 



Turkeys, 64, 79-83 

 blackhead, 399 

 Bronze, 64, 80 

 declining of, raising, 81 

 domestication of, 80-81 

 farm production of, 81 

 feeding of breeding, 402 

 of market, 402 



