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INDEX. 



Cambridge Turkeys, 215, 220 



Canada Geese, 238 



Canker, Treatment for, 94, 



Cure in Management, 1, 64, 65 



Carolina Ducks, 238 



Cats and Chickens, 47 



Cayuga Ducks, 238 



Cheap Houses for the Farm, 67 



Cheshire's, Mrs., Artificial Mother, 



88 

 Chickens, Ale and Meat for, 49 



, Breaking the Shell, 4:) 



, Couped under Shed, 43 



, Cramming, 55 



, Cramp in, 90 



, First Meal of, 42 



, Food for, 47, 48 



, , in Cold Weather, 49 



, Growing, Food of, 50 



, Rearing of, 41 



, Scale on Beak of, 42 



, Shelter for, 50 



, Withholding Water from, 



50, 51 



Chili Swan, The, 240 

 Chinese Geese, 238 

 Chinese or Ring-necked Pheasant, 



238 

 Christy's Hydro-Incubator, 73 



Thermostatic Incubator, 81 



Cleanliness, and how Secured, 6 

 Cochin (or Pekin) Bantams, 209 

 Cochins, as Breeding Fowls, 16, 141 



, as Mothers, 35 



, Defects of, 145 



, Diseases to which are Liable, 



146 



, Merits of, 145 



, Points of, 143 



, Varieties of, 143, 144 



, Weights of, 142 



Collection of Eggs, The, 40 

 Colour of Game Fowls, 156157 

 Coloured Dorking, Effects of Crossing 



on, 115, 162 

 Common Duck, 238 



Fowls, 15 



Pheasant, 228 



Condition, How to Preserve Fowls in, 



122 



Consumption, Treatment of, 96 

 Construction of Fowl-house, 2 5 

 Conveyance of Exhibition Hampers, 



136 

 Coop* under Shed, 13 



Coops, Floor of, 45 



, Ordinary Basket, 46 



, Shelter, 44 



C<5urtes Pattes, Description of, 195 

 Covered Vans, 7, 47 

 Cramp in Chickens, 90 

 Creepers or Dumpies, 200 

 Crevecceurs, Description of, 186 



, Merit of, 187 



Crop-bound Fowls, Treatment of, 96 

 Crosses and Pure Breeds, 15 



for Laying Strains, G4 



Crossing and Selection, 113 115 

 Crossing, Effect on Coloured 



Dorkings, 115 



, Examples of, 113115 



on Game Fowls, 115 



on Laced or Sebright Bantams, 



on Surrey Fowls, 115 



115 

 Cuckoo Bantams, 209 



Cochins, 144 



Dorkings, 165 



Leghorns, 198 



Cutting Fowls' Wings, 11 

 Cygnets, Management of, 240 



Dark Brahmas, Description of, 149 

 , for Colouring and 



Marking, 150 



, Merits of, 152 



Dead Poultry Classes in France, 118 

 Deodorisers, The Best, 8, 46, 47 

 Definition of Pure Breeds, 109 

 Diarrhoea, Treatment of, 

 Difficulties in Rearing, 89 

 Diphtheria, How to Treat, 95, 97 

 Diseases of Poultry, 93 



, General Symptoms, 100 



, How to Prevent, 100 



Dishes for Food, 24 



Domestic Poultry Keeping. Profit of, 



30,31 



Dominiques, Description of, 196 

 Dorkings as a Table-fowl, 166 



as Breeding-fowls, 17 

 as Mothers, 35 



, Description of, 161, 162 



for Crossing, 14 

 , Merits of, 165 



, Varieties of, 161165 



, Weights of, 162 

 Double Ranges, 107 



