X CONTENTS. 



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Bolton Grays, or Creole Fowl .".... 97 



Frizzled Fowl 98 



Dominique Fowl 100 



Bantam Fowl 101 



African Bantam 104 



CHAP. IV. THE TURKEY. 



Origin of the Turkey 105 



Wild Turkey 107 



Domestic Turkey 112 



Guinea Fowl, or Pintado 124 



CHAP. V. THE GOOSE. 



General Description 126 



African Goose 129 



Indian Mountain Goose 131 



Poland Goose 133 



Chinese Goose 134 



Toulouse Goose 135 



Bremen Goose 137 



CHAP. VI. DUCKS. 



Domestic Duck 139 



Aylesbury Duck 141 



Rouen Duck 142 



Poland Duck 143 



Muscovy Duck 145 



CHAP. VII. PIGEONS. 



General Description 145 



Carrier Pigeons 148 



CHAP. VIII. FOOD OF POULTRY. 



General Remarks .' 150 



Varieties of Food 152 



Different Sorts of Food 161 



Methods of Feeding Fowls 171 



CHAP. IX. FATTENING OF FOWLS. 



General Remarks 176 



Mascall's Mode of Fattening 177 



Markham's Mode of Fattening 179 



Bradley's Mode of Fattening 179 



Modern English Methods of Fattening 179 



