XXVI TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



BOOK V— PART I. 



POULTRY.— HISTORY, MANAGEMENT, AND CHARACTERIS- 

 TICS OF THE VARIOUS BREEDS. 



CHAPTER I. 



ORIGIN AND VARIETIES OP FARM BIRDS. 



PAGE 



T. Origin of the Word Poultry. — II. Types and Native Country of Barn-Yard 

 Fowls.— III. Changes Due to Breeding. — IV. Division of Fowls. — V. The 

 Wild Turkey.— VI. Ducks.— VII. Geese.— VIII. The Swan.— IX. Pheas- 

 ants.— X. Guinea Fowls.— XI. Peafowls.— XII. Anatomy of the Hen 1085 



CHAPTER II. 



BARN-YARD FOWLS. 



I. English Breeds — Dorking Fowls. — II. Silver Gray Dorkings. — III. Gray 

 Dorkings. — IV. Fawn-Colored Dorkings. — V. Black Dorkings. — VI. Bolton 

 Grays, or Creoles. — VII. French Fowls— tHoudans. — VIII. La Fleche Fowls. 

 —IX. Creve Coeurs. — ^X. Breda or Gueldre Fowls. — XI. Spanish Fowls. — 

 XII. Hamburg Fowls — Black Hamburg. — XIII. Penciled Hamburgs. — ^XIV. 

 Leghorn Fowls. — XV. White Leghorns. — XVI. American Breeds. — XVIL 

 Dominique Fowls. — XVIII. Ostrich Fowls. — XIX. Plymouth Rock Fowls. .1096 



CHAPTER III. 



GAME FOWLS, AND OTHER RARE BREEDS. 



I. Game Fowls and their Varieties. — II. Earl Derby Games. — III. Brown- 

 Breasted Red Games. — IV. Duck-Winged Games. — V. White Georgian 

 Games. — VI. Game Bantams. — VII. Other Bantams. — VIII. The Seabright 

 Bantam. — IX. Japanese Bantams. — X. Frizzled Fowls. — XI. Rumpless 

 Fowls.— XII. Silky Fowls 1119 



CHAPTER IV. 



ASIATIC FOWLS. 



I. The Various Asiatic Breeds. — II. Dark Brahmas. — III. Light Brahmas. — IV. 

 Cochin Fowls. — V. General Characteristics of Cochins. — VI. White 

 Cochins.— VII. Buff Cochins.— VIII. Partridge Cochins 1131 



CHAPTER V. 



NEW. POPULAR BREEDS OF POULTRY. 



L Wyandottes. — II. White Wyandottes. — III. Wyandotte Bantams. — IV. 

 Langshans. — V. American Javas. — VI. The Orpingtons 1143 



CHAPTER VL 



INCUBATORS AND BROODERS. — ARTIFICIAL INCUBATION. 



I. The Antiquity of Artificial Incubation. — II. Incubators vs. Hens. — ^IIL When 

 Chicks Bring Money. — IV. Keep Up With the Times. — V. Care While in 

 the Brooder. — VI. Feeding Young Chicks. — VII. How to Make an Incubator. 

 VIII. How to Operate the Incubator. — IX. A Cheap Home-Made Incubator. 

 —X. How to Make the Brooder 1148 



