INDEX. 



Abortion of Eggs, 6f)2. 



Acre, Number of Fowls per, 145. 



Addled Eggs, 65. 



African Geese, 592. 



Age for Laying, 43. 



of Breeding Stock, 193. 



of Fowls, Jfarks of, 42. 



Aged Fowls, Cooking, T07. 

 Air-cell, Size in Hatching Eggs, S4. 

 Albions, 299, 4S6. 



Albumen, Function in Egg, 56. 

 Albuminoids in Food, 32, 34. 



■ Best Way to Feed, 49. 



Alexander, Sir Claud, on Asecl, 338. 

 AUantois of Hatching Chick, 58 

 America, Canned Eggs, 170. 

 Duck -farming in, 572. 



Extent of Poultry Industry in, 



169. 



Fanciers and Farmers in, 17S. 



Feeding of Poultry in, 38, 46. 



Goose-fattening in, 592, 597. 



■ Poultry Hcuses in, 28-30 



Table Poultry in, 170. 



Utility Points Preserved in, 17S. 



Amherst, Hon. Sybil and Florence, on 



Ivmbden Geese, 586. 

 Analyses of Foods, 33 



of Poultry Manure, 146. 



of Poultry Imports, 161 



Anconas, 422. 



• New Type, 425. 



Old Style, 424. 



Qualities of, 424. 



Rosecomb, 427. 



Standard for, 427. 



Andalusians, 407. 



- — Breeding, 409. 



Characteristics of, 408. 



■ OiT-colours in, 409. 



Origin of, 407. 



Standard for, 410. 



AniUne Dyes in Colour-feeding, 208 

 Animal Pood, 49. 



for Chicks, 94. 



for Layers, 38. 



Necessity of, 40. 



Anti-toxin for Enteritis, 608. 

 Apoplexy, 602. 

 Appetite, Preserving, 44. 

 Ardenne Fowls, 482. 

 Artificial Brooding, 100. 



Incubation, 67 



Success of, S3. 



Aseel, 336. 



Standard for, 345. 



Assisting Chicks in the Egg, 66. 

 Atkin.son, Herbert, on Old English 



Game, 355. 

 Australia, Poultry in, 171. 

 Autumn, Layers for, 44. 

 Average of Laying Hens, 38, 149. 

 Aylesbury Ducks, 559 



Baby Chickens, Business in, 156. 

 Bahama Pintail Ducks, 5S0. 

 Bakies, Scotch, 4S9. 

 Balancing a Dietary, 36 

 Jiantams, 507. 



Barred Rock, 535. 



Black Rosecombfd, 519. 



Baoted, 526. 



Brahma, 530. 



Cuckoo, or Scotch Grey, 527 



Frizzled, 529. 



Game, 510. 



Standard for, 51S. 



Hamburgh, 534. 



Houses and Runs for, 508. 



Indian Game, 533. 



Japanese, 529. 



Malay, 531. 



■ Nankin, 52S. 



Pekin, 522. 



Rearing and Exhibiting, 51:8. 



Rumpless, 529. 



Sebright, 520. 



Spanish, 534. 



Standards for, 535. 



Training for Exhibition, "jog. 



Variety, 519. 



Various Minor Breeds, 535. 



Washing, 509. 



'White Rosecombed, 520. 



Barbezieux Fowls, 471. 



Barley as Food, 35. [309 



Barred Rocks, Various Matings for, 

 Barring of Plymouth Rocks, 305, 307. 

 Baynes, Jlrs., and Intensive System, 



vii. 

 Beans and Peas as Food, 34. [430. 

 Beldon, Late Mr. H., on Hamburghs, 

 Belgian Poultry, Breeds ot, 4S1. 

 Belgium, Eggs from, 161. 

 ^ Fattening Industry in, iii. 



KilHng Poultry in, 120. 



• Poultry in, 168. 



Bellamy, Mr. W., on Trussing Fowls, 



142. 

 Binder, Arthur, on Duckwing Game. 



368. 

 Biscuit Meal for Chickens, 92. 

 Black East Indian Ducks, 577. 

 Blue Madras Game, 343. 

 Board, Feeding Chickens on a, 93. 

 Body, Composition of the, 31. 

 Bolton Greys, 441. 

 Bone, Fresh, as Food, 36, 38. 



and Combs, 199. 



Bone-cutting Machines, 49. 

 Bone-dust for Chickens, 98. 

 Bonnemain's Eccalobion, 68. 

 Booted Bantams, 526. 

 Bourbourg Fowls, 472. 



Bourlay, Mrs. Constance, on Anconas^ 



424. 

 Boyle's Incubator, 68 



Boyle's Regulator, 72 

 Brabants, 4S3. 



Bracken, T. B., on Campines, 476. 

 Brahmas, 257. 



American Type, 274. 



Changes in Judging 01, 265, 270 



Characteristics of, 266. 



Crosses of, 276. 



. Dark, 262, 269. 



. Light, 267. 



Origin of, 257, 262. 



QuaUties of, 27.^- 



Standard for, 277. 



Strains of, 263. 



Types in, 264. 



Bran as Food, 35, 'ij, 46. 

 Branford, Edgar, on Jfalays, 333. 

 Breast, A Good, 140. 

 Breastbone, Breaking the, 123. 

 Bredas or Gueldres, 481, 4S3. 

 Breeders, The Work of, 175, iSi. 

 Breeding Chart, Felch's, 1S6. 



Factors in, 183. 



Four Points usually in, 1S3. 



from Best Necessary, 1S3. 



■ Mistakes in, 1S2. 



of Prize Poultry, igo. 



Stock, Ages of, 193. 



Value, 6. 



Breeds, \'alue for Exhibition, 220. 



Brent, W., on Indian Game, 341. 



Prindley's Incubator, 68. 



Broilers, 106, 141. 



Broken Eggs when Hatching, 65. 



Bronchitis, 602. 



Brood, Hatching of a, 89. 



Brooders for Chickens, 100. 



Disinfecting, 105. 



Management of, 104. 



Number in, 105. 



Types of, 10 1. 



Brooke, Mr. C. E-, on Prices of Fowls, 



137. 

 Brown, Edward, on Continental Breeds, 



469, 481. 



. on Duck-farming, 56S. 



on Fattening Poultry, 107. 



on Russian Geese, 594. 



Bruges Fowl, The, 482. 



Buckwheat as Food, 35. 



Buff Colour, Breeding, 245, 296. 



Building Poultry Houses, 17. 



Bumble"- foot, },?,-, 603. 



Bnrnell, T. C, on Dark Dorkings, 379. 



Burnham, G. P., on Brahmas, 259. 



Cabbage as Food, 49. 



Cages for Fattening Fowls, 113, 133. 



Call Ducks, 577. 



Campain, Jliss, on Toulouse Geese, 590. 



Campbell, Mrs. A., on Brahmas, 273. 



on Silkies, 493. 



Camphor in Water, 51, 612. 



