INDEX. 



Introduction and Table of Contents 



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POULTRY, 



Yards and offices ...... 1 



Hen-houses ....... 3 



Lord Spencer's poultry-yards at Altliorp, with plan 



and elevation ...... 6 



Plan of a court-yard in Scotland ... 8 



Her Majesty's poultry-house at Windsor . . 9 



Arthur Young's plan . . . . . 13 



Arrangement for the support of a moderate stock . 14 



Construction of sheds . . . . . 19 



Poultry-yard of an Irish clergyman ... 21 



Size of a fowl-house ..... 27 



Perches, floors, and doors .... 28 



Origin of the term " Poultry" .... 33 



Fowf.s. 



"Wild and tame birds ..... 35 



Cock of the Wood 37 



Domesticated and wild animals ... ib. 

 Domestic fowls, and names by wliich tliey are 



known ....... 39 



Moulting ....... 40 



The cock 42 



The hen 44 



Anecdote of a Robin ..... 47 



Age of fowls ...... 49 



Valentine's-day ...... ib. 



