GROOMBRIDGE'S 



SHILLING PRACTICAL MANUALS. 



Each Book sent post free for 12 stamps. 



14. WINE GUIDE ; or, Practical Hints on the Pur- 

 chase and Management of Foreign Wines, tlieir His- 

 tory, and a complete catalogue of all those in present 

 use, together with remarks upon the treatment of 

 Spirits, Bottled Beer, and Cider. To which is ap- 

 pended Instructions for the Cellar, and other informa- 

 tion valuable to the Consumer as well as the Dealer. 

 By FEEDERICK C. MILLS. 



15. PIGEONS : their Varieties, Management, Breed- 

 ing, and Diseases, with Coloured Frontispiece. By 

 H. PIPER. Contains full instructions upon Lockers, 

 Pole-houses, Dovecotes, Pigeon Lofts, Traps, Nesting 

 Places, Choosing Stock, Mating, Eggs and Hatching, 

 Young Ones, Food, Water, Salt Cat, Parasites, Dis- 

 eases, Pigeon Law, Varieties and Origin, The English 

 Carrier, Messenger, or Homing Pigeons, The Horse- 

 man, Pouting Horseman, Dragoon and Skinnum, 

 The Question of Instinct in Flight, Training Messen- 

 ger Pigeons, The Pouter, The Old English Tumbler, 

 The German Tumbler, The Common Flying Tumbler, 

 The Short-faced Tumbler, The Almond Tumbler, 

 Training Tumbler, &c. 



16. POULTRY. A Practical Guide to the Manage- 

 ment of Domestic Poultry, describing the different 

 varieties with full instructions upon Management, 

 Breeding, and Diseases, with Coloured Frontispiece. 

 By H. PIPER Contents : Houses and Runs, Choosing 

 Stock, Feeding and Management, Nests, Eggs and 

 Hatching, Chickens, Rearing and Fattening, Diseases 

 and Varieties, Brahma Pootras, Cochin-chinas, Malays, 

 Spanish, Dorking, Game, Hamburgh, Polands, Ban- 

 tams, Aylesbury and Rouen Ducks, &c. 



17. DOG AED GUN ; or, Hints to Young Sportsmen. 



By CAPTAIN FELLOWES. Illustrated with Wood En- 

 gravings- 



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