The Beginner in Poultry; The Zest and the Profit in Poultry Growing (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1912 Excerpt: ... INDEX A Abnormalities, causes for, 248. Accident, lessening chances of, 42. Accuracy, of mind and method, 269. Aconite, for roupy colds, 128. Action, erratic, in fowls, due to man, 7. Advance in poultry interest, 283. Advertisements: classified, 369. kinds of, 369. transient, worthless, 369. Advertising: good and bad, 371, 372. manufacturers', 37s, 377. methods, 242. worst mistake in, 374. Advice, good, picking out, 427, Aid, state, Cornell, 402. Alfalfa: cheap and good, 229, 230. limits ostrich farming, 354. poisoned, for mice, 145. Amateurs, made to sell to, 37. Analyses, Departmental, tables of, 86. Ancestors: limiting, 187. of fowls, many, 181. Animals: controlling, through feed, 79. predaceous, farmers' debt to, 144. Apparatus, respiratory, in fowls, 118. Appeal of the weak, 5. Apples, results from feeding, 94. Appropriations, State, recent, 301. Argument, false, perfect shield against, 425-Ash, variation in samples of, 94. Assistance, government, during plagues, 142. 145-Association, American Poultry: advance work, 258. Auxiliary, proposed ladies', 264. rules, 254. Associations, county, New Jersey, 276. Atavism, 187, 190. Average, not enough, 52. Averages, protein, 87. Awards, protest against, 256. Ax, the best medicine, 104. B Bacteria, noxious and otherwise, 122. Barley versus oats as green feed, 97. Barrels, packing, 384. Basis of feeding, 76. Beans, 79. Beauty transformed to ugliness, 182. Beet pulp: combinations with, 95. notably good feed, 95. soaking, 95. Beets, feeding for health, 95. Beginner: the, bracing, 430. estimate of, unsafe, 190. has three chances, 179. influences surrounding, 428. not tested, 18. of supreme importance, 430. protecting the, 428. Beginner's promise of success, 208. Birds, handling small lots of, 96. three thousand on ...