566 INDEX 



Killing geese, 374 

 pigeons, 159 

 turkeys, 374 

 Kilogram, 24 

 Knee-joint, 24 

 Kupfer cells, 260 



Laced, 24 



Lacteal, 24 



La Fleche, 32, 67 



Lancashire method of trussing, 387 



Langshan, 31, 57 



Black, 31, 57 



White, 31, 57 

 Large broilers, 30(i 

 Lateral sternal process, 24 

 Lay bones, 24 

 Layers, temperament, 110 

 Laying breeders, 317 



hen, 317 



time of, 105 

 Leaf comb, 24 

 Lecithin, 258 

 Leg, 24 



bands, 146 



feathers, 24 

 Leghorns, 32, 58 



Black, 32, 58 



Brown, 32, 58 



Rose Comb, 32, 58 

 Single Comb, 32, 58 



Buff, 32, 58 



Rose Comb, 32, 58 

 Single Comb, 32, 58 



selection for breeding, 94 ' 



Silver, 32, 58 



White, 32, 58 



Rose Comb, 32, 58 

 Single Comb, 32, 58 

 Legumes, 24 

 Lice, 236 

 Light Brahma, 31, 55 



Bantams, 73 

 Lights in egg production, 329 

 Limber neck, 224 

 Line breeding, 130 

 Linseed, 288 



cake, 288 



meal, new process, 288 

 old process, 288 



nut cake, 2S8 



Lipase, 256 

 Liperus baculus, 237 

 Live poultry shipments, 362 

 Liver, 255, 257 



function, 260, 261 

 Livibility of chickens, 140, 143 

 Longevity, 143 

 Lopped comb, 24 

 Loss of fat due to laying, 108 



of pigment, 108 

 Louse powder, 239 

 Lungs, 165 

 Lymph, 24, 262 

 Lymphatic system, 23, 262 



M 



Maintenance ration, 25 

 Malay, 70 



Black Breasted Red, 70 

 Malt, 283 



sprouts, 284 

 Mammoth brooder, 450 



incubator, 426 

 Mange, 241 

 Mangles, 25 

 Manure, poultry, 397 

 amount voided, 397 

 composition, 397 

 preservation, 397 

 value, 397 

 Market grades of feathers, 392, 



395 

 Marketing eggs, 473 



feathers, 394 

 Marking, 157 

 Mash, 24 



dry, 319, 321 



hopper, 516 



hot, 292 

 Masticate, 25 

 Mating, 24 



forced, 158 



problems, 82 



number to each male, 146 



when to save eggs after mating, 

 146 

 Maturing early, 82, 144 



pigeons, 157 

 Mealy, 25 

 Meat meal, 291 



scrap, 291 



type bird, 77, 113 



