INDEX. 



243 



Double Runs, 9, 10 



Douglas Mixture, and when to Use 



it, 28 



Draughts in Fowl-house, 4, 23 

 Dressing Fowls for Market, 57 

 " Dubbing " Game Fowls, 159 

 Ducks, Description of, 230233 



as Layers, 237 



, Feeding of, 234 



, Houses for, 237238 



, Merits of, 237, 238 



, Hearing of, 232236 



, The Gardener's Friend, 231 



, Varieties of, 232238 



Duckwings, Description of, 157 

 Duclair Ducks, 237 

 Dumpies or Creepers, 200 

 Dusting-places, 7, 68 



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East Indian Black Ducks, 237 



Elt'ects of Selection, Beneficial, 113 



Egg-laying FowLs, 1417 



Egg- testers, 38, 39 



Egg-tray in Boyle's Incubator, 73 



Eggs, Collection of. 30 



for Artificial Hatching, 85 



for Table, 12 



from Prize Birds, 124 



, Number of, for Hatching, 39 



, Mesting Travelled Eggs, 85 



, Turning in Artificial Hatching, 



82 

 Eggs for Setting, Fresh, 32 



, Fertility and Sex 



of, 33 



), 42, 124 



How to Keep, 33 

 How to Pack, 125 

 How to Select, 38, 



Number of, 39 

 Testing Fertility, 



Embden Geese, 238 



English and French Judges, Opinions 



of, 117 



English White Swan, The, 240 

 Errors in Feeding, 19, 20 

 Evils of Fancy Selection, 117 

 Exhibition Chickens, Rearing of, 118 

 , Food of, 125 

 , Matching a Pen 



of, 131 



132 



Q2 



Preparation of, 



Exhibition Chickens, Preserving Con- 

 dition of, 123 



, Treatment on 



Return of, 137 

 Exhibition Hampers, 135, 136 



, Carriage of, 135 



Exhibition, Rearing Chickens for, 



Treatment of, 120128 

 , When Ready for, 118 



Fancy Poultry, 15 



, Feathers of, 139 



Farm, Benefit of Rearing Fowls on a, 

 61 



Attendant's Duties, 68 



, Breeds for a, 63, 64 



Dusting-places, G8 



Fowls for a, 6364 



Houses for the, 67 



Selection of Stock for a, 63, 64 



Separation of Fowls on a, 66 



Supervision of Fowls on a, 66 



Family Fowls, 17 



Fat, Extra Weight and, 55 



Hens, 18 



Fattening Chickens, 52 



, Best Food for, 53 



, Duration of Process of, 53 



Foods, 24 



Pens, 52, 53 



, Profitable, 54 



, Value of Even Feeding in, 



54 

 Feathers, How to Dress, 30 



, Value of, 30 



Feeding, Careful, 21, 22 

 , Errors in, 19 



Growing Chickens, 47, 48 

 -, Proper System of, 21 



Fertile Eggs, 



Fertility and Sex of Eggs, Testing 



the, 33, 86 



Fledging, Treatment for Bad, 93 

 Fleche, La, Description of, 187 



, Merits of, 188 



Floor of Coops, 45 

 Flooring of Fowl-house, 5 

 Food, Best, for Evening Meal, 21 



Animal, Essential, 26 



Buckwheat as, 25 



, for Morning Meal, 21, 22 



Change of, Beneficial, 22, 23 



How to Give, 24 



