CONTENTS. XI 



CHAP. X. SELECTION OF STOCK AND PAIRING. Page 



General Remarks 185 



Selections of a Good Cock 186 



Choice of a Hen 191 



CHAP. XI. ON BREEDING FOWLS 193 



CHAP. XII. LAYING 206 



Preservation of Eggs 211 



Weight and Value of Eggs 215 



CHAP. XIII. INCUBATION 218 



First and Last Stages of Incubation 222 



Exclusion of the Chick 223 



Position of the Chick immediately before Hatching, and 

 of the Situation of the Bill in the Act of Chipping the 



Egg -224 



Food of the Chick 227 



CHAP. XIV. - CAPONIZING 233 



CHAP. XV. -POULTRY-HOUSES 239 



The Royal Poultry-house 242 



Lord Penrhyn's Poultry-house 243 



Mr. England's Poultry-house 244 



Mr. "Wakefield's Poultry-house 244 



Col. Perkins 5 Poultry-house 245 



Common Poultry-house 248 



CHAP. XVI. DISEASES OF POULTRY 251 



I. DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 



1. The Pip, or Gapes 254 



2. Indigestion 257 



3. Costiveness 258 



4. Diarrhoea . ' 258 



II. DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS. 



1. Obstructions of the Nostril 260 



2. Asthma 260 



3. Roup 261 



4. Consumption 263 



III. DISEASES OF THE CIRCULATION. 



1. Fever 265 



2. Inflammation 266 



3. Rheumatism 266 



4. Gout 267 



