XXVIII TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER II. 



A StJMMART OF DISEASES OF POULTRY AND THEIR REMEDIES. 



PAGE 



I. Diseases, Bad Habits and Insect Pests. — II. Importance of Cleanliness. — 



III. Diseases.— IV. Bad Habits.— V. Insect Pests 1211 



CHAPTER III. 



DISEASES OF THE TURKEY, CAUSES, PREVENTION AND CURE. 



I. Parasites and Diseases. — II. Insect Parasites. — III. Gapes. — IV. Black- 

 head. — V. Tapeworm. — VI. Diarrhosa. — VII. Cholera 1219 



BOOK VI. 



BEES.— HISTORY AND CHARACTERISTICS, WITH DIRECTIONS 

 FOR THEIR SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT. 



CHAPTER I. 



VARIETIES AND PECULIARITIES OF BEES. 



I. Natural History of Bees. — II. The Three Genders of the Honey Bee. — III. 

 Varieties of the Honey Bee. — IV. The So-Called Queen, or Mother Bee. — 

 V. The Number of Eggs Laid. — VI. Drones or Male Bees. — VII. Neuter 

 or Worker Bees. — VIII. Varieties of Honey. — IX. Wax and How it is 

 Formed. — X. Plants Adapted to Production of Honey 1227 



CHAPTER II. 



THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF BEES. 



I. Hives. — II. Number of Swarms Profitably Kept on a Farm. — III. Swarming. — 

 IV. Hiving New Swarms. — V. Taking the Honey. — VI. Wintering Bees. 

 — VII. Implements of Use. — ^VIIL A Motherless Swarm. — IX. Fastening 

 Empty Combs in Frames. — X. Feeding Bees. — XI. Enemies of Bees. — XII. 

 Foul Brood.— XIII. Conclusion 1235 



Glossary of Scientific Terms, in General Use 1243 



BOOK VII— SUPPLEMENTARY. 



CANADIAN AUSTRALIAN AFRICAN 



AND OTHER MATTER. 



HOG CHOLERA. 



The Various Forms Assumed. — U. Investigations in Swine Plague. — III. 

 Contagious, or Infectious Principle, etc. — IV. FYost and the Virus. — V. 

 Measures of Preventive. — VI. The Disease as Observed in Swine. — VII. 

 Glossary of the Preceding Scientific Terms. — VIII. Conclusions 12T3 



