INDEX. 



Ducks, Black East Indian, 577. 



Blue, ^6:. 



CaU, 377. 



Campbell, 566. 



Carolina, 57S. 



■ Cayuga, 364. 



Continental, 566. 



Crested, 564. 



Duclair, 566 



French, 576. 



Indian Runner, 562. 



Indian Spotted IJill, 581 



Keel in, 559, 561, 564, 573. 



Management of, 5 58. 



Mandarin, 578. 



Muscovy, 567. 



Ornamental, 576. 



Orpington, 565. 



Pekin, 561. 



Pintails, 580. 



Rouen, 560. 



Shieldrakes, 580. 



Standards for, 581. 



Teals, i;79. 



■ Wliistling, :;8o. 



Wild British, 557, 581. 



Dumpies, Scotch, 489. 

 Dust-bath for Poultry, 21. 

 Dutch Every-day Layers, 429. 

 Dutch Fowls, 483. 



Dyed Plumage at Shows, 234. 



Shanks, 235. 



Dysentery, 605. 



Eat lobes. Care of the, 213. 

 Early Breeding, Evils of, 194. 

 Early-hatched Pullets, Merits of, 43. 

 Eating Eggs, Treatment of Hens, 61. 

 Eaton, F. R., on Sumatra Game, 501. 

 Economy in Food and Labour, 150. 

 Edwards, Miss X., on Babv Chickens. 



156. 

 Egg, Development of the, 55, 58. 



Protectors, 65. 



Egg-bound, 607. 

 Egg-eating Habit, 61. 

 Egg-food for Chickens, 89. 

 Egg-ovens of Egypt, 67. 

 Egg-sales, Records of, 201. 

 Egg- testers, 66, 82, 83. 

 Egg-trade of Ireland, 163. 



Foreign, 161. 



Eggs, Addled, 65. 



Breeding for. 53, 175. 



British Supply, 163. 



Canned, 170. 



Chilled when Hatching, 65. 



Cold Storage, 164, 169. 



Collecting, ^i. 



Constant Succession of, 44. 



Cooling in Incubators, 81. 



Duck, in Incubators, 86. 



Feeding for, 38. 



for Artificial Incubation, St, SS 



for Sitting, Choice of, 61. 



Packing, 62. 



Imports into England, 161. 



Increased Home Production, 162. 



Marking, 54. 



New Laid, 150 



— Prices for, 162. 



Number for a Sitting, 64. 



Preserving, 60. 



Purchase of, 191, 192. 



Recognising Parentage of, 53. 



Eggs, Resting, 62 



Shape and Sex of, Ci. 



Soft and Abnormal, 607. 



Spots in, 607. 



Storing, 60. 



Testing for Fertility, 65, 82. 



: Turning, Si. 



Egypt, Artificial Incubation in, C7. 

 Egyptian Goose, nSo. 

 Embden Geese, 5 86. 

 Enteritis, Contagious, 23, 60S. 

 Estaires, Fowl of, 472. 

 Even Feeding for Table, 135. 

 Exhibiting Poultry, 191, 211. 

 Purchased Stock, 192. 



Table Poultry, 141. 



Exhibition and Utility, 172. 



Conditioning for, 211. 



Hampers for, 219. 



Profit and Loss of, 220. 



Selection for, 214. 



Treatment after, 219. 



Experimental Mating, 196. 

 Experiments in Colour Feeding, 20S. 



in Feeding, Mistakes in, 39. 



Exposure, Results of Free, 16. 



Failures in Poultry-farming, 151, 154. 

 Fair Play at Exhibitions, 221. 

 Faking Birds for Exhibition, 231. 

 Falkner, Major, and Intensive Sy^uiii 

 Falling-over of Combs, 212. [vi. 

 False Sickles, Insertion of, 236. 

 Panciers, Work of the, 177. 

 Fancy Points, LTtility of, 174, 175. 



Poultry, Merits of, 43. 



Farm, Poultry upon a, 143. 

 Farmers and Poultry, 147. 

 Fasting Fowls before Killing, 119. 

 Fat in Cramming Fowls, 118, 132. 

 Fats and Oils in Food, 32. 

 Fatted Poultry, 107. 

 Fattening a Critical Business, 12S. 



a Special Industry, no. 



Advantages of, 107. 



Anticiuity of, 107. 



Breeds and Crosses for, 137. 



Combined with Rearing, 1 29. 



in Sussex, 108, 128. [i37- 



Supply of Chickens for, in, 128, 



Weight Gained in, 136. 



Faverollcs, 467. 



as Table Fowls, 1 38. 



Colours of, 468. 



Qualities of, 469. ■ 



Standard for, 474. 



Favus, 609. 

 Feather-eating, 609. 



Danger of, 45, 52. 



Feathers, Disposal of, 122, 134. 

 Home-cured, 135. 



AVhite, a Cause of, 201. 



Feeding at Shows, 221. 



Cliickens, 89, 92. 



Early and Late, 198, 210. 



for Eggs, 38. 



for Exhibition, 218 



Vessels, 47. 



Felch's Breeding Chart, 1S6. 

 Female, Influence of, in Breeding, 193, 

 Females, Vigour of the, 194. 

 Fencing for Poultry Yards, 24. 

 Fertility of Eggs, 193. 



Mechanical Obstacles to, 194. 



Firth, A\'alter, on Pile Game, 370 



Fish, Dried, as Food, 36. 



Fitch, J., on Cock-fighting in Schools, 



347- 

 Flagging in Growth, Chickens, 99. 

 Fleas, 618. 

 Flesh V. Fat in Fowls, 135. 



■ in Geese, 596. 



Flocks of Poultry in a Run, 153, 155. 

 Floors, Dry, for Chicken-coops, 91. 



of Poultry Houses, 17. 



Fluffing Birds for Exhibition, 236. 

 Food, Constituents of, 32. 



for Chickens, 92. 



for Cramming Fowls, 1 1 7. 



— — • Layers, 38. 



• for Newly-hatched Chickens, 89. 



Purposes of, 31 



Quantity of, 41, 45. 



Foods, Analyses of, 32. 

 Prepared, 46. 



Forcing Diet, Dangers of, 39, 41. 



Fountains for Water, 5 1 . 



Fowl, Characteristics of a, 13. 



Fowls, Old, for Table, 107. 



Foxes, 619. 



Fractures, 610. 



France, Fattening Fowls in, 113. 



Imports of Eggs from, 161. 



■ Killing Poultry in, 120. 



Poultry in, 167. 



Fraud, Suppression of, at Shows, 232, 



236. 

 Fresh Air for Poultry Houses, 18. 

 ■ Blood, 1 84 ; Incorporation of, 



187, 196. 

 French Breeds of Poultry, 461. 

 Frizzled Fowls, 486. 

 Frost-bite, 610. 

 Funnel, Cramming with a, 115. 



Game, Bantams, 507. 



Birchen, 516. 



Black- red, 511. 



Brown-red, 515. 



Duckwing, 514. 



Old English; 516. 



Pile, 512. 



Standard for, 518. 



Type of, 510. 



White, 516. 



Birchen, 36S. 



Black-breasted Red, 363. 



Blue Madras, 343. 



Erown-breasted Red, 366. 



Cock, Trimmed and Heeled, 351. 



Cocks, Feeding and Training of, 



350- 



Dubbing, 372. 



Duckwing, 368. 



Exhibition, Development of, 361, 



362. 



Rearing, 37:. 



Standards for, 373 



Fowl, Origin of the, 347. 



Indian, 339. 



Old Eng'lish, 347. 



. Pile, 370. 



Points of the Old, 349. 



Wheaten, 370 



Gapes in Chickens, 611. 

 Geese, 585. 



African, 592. 



Canada, 593. 



Cereopsis, 595. 



Chinese, 592. 



