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INDEX. 



PAGE 



Malt, quality of 347 



Malt-wine 446, 447 



Dr. Hunter's re- 

 cipe for 448 



Mead, to make 446 



Metheglin, or mead 325, 326 



Milk, for winter 235 



quantity to produce lib. 



of butter 240 



and butter produced by 



a single cow 273 



Moulting season 41 



Muscovy goose, the 127 



Nests, making of, for poul- 

 try 38,39 



Orchards, shelter for 401 



site and soil for . . 403 



process of plant- 

 ing 404 



Paris, Dr., on diet 355 



Parmasan cheese, how made 262 



Feacock and hen 129 



natives of India ib. 



Peacock, not now used at 



table 6 



varieties of the .. 129 



age and habits of 130 



Peafowls, season for 5 



Pear-tree, origin of 399 



Perry 397 



making 41 1 



Pheasant, the 132 



. beauty, and excel- 

 lence of the flesh 133 



habits 134 



C. Waterton on, 



135, 136 



pairing and nest 



of the 136 



food and progeny 



of 137 



mules from . . 137, 138 



varieties of the .. 138 



instructions for 



breeding 138141 



breeding stock of 141 



distemper in .... ib. 



directions for do- 



mesticating 142,144 



food for 143 



i breeders of ib. 



PAGE 

 Pheasant, introduced into 



Scotland 143, 144 



winter feeding 



for 145 



the wild and tame . . 147 



is monogamous .... 15? 



Pigeon baskets 162 1 



time of their setting 43 



keeping 158 



. loft 159 



traps 162 



water bottle 163 



shooting 156, 171 



Pigeons, roup in 84 



diseases of, gene- 

 rally 85, 86 



habits of 148 



feed on corn 149 



immense consumption 



of corn by 150 



varieties of the .... 151 



the wood 153 



the carrier .... 154, 168 



fancy breeds 155 



sufferings of 156 



rapid breeders . .157, 158 



management of 158 



'Cats necessary with 160 



to match 163 



. incubation 163, 164 



food 166 



salt-cat 167, 168 



properties of the flesh 



168 



flight of the carrier ib. 

 beautiful specimens 



of 



of 



penalty for unlaw- 



172 



fully killing ib. 



Pig breeding, decline of. . . . 206 



seasons for .... 213 



encouragement 



for 217 



Pigs, numerous litters of 



213, 214 



parturitions of 214 



first food for 215 



cutting and spaying .. 216 



ringing ib. 



killing ib. 



store, feeding and ma- 

 nagement 217 



growing stores 218 



fattening ib. 



