CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER IX. 



FATTENING POULTRY. 

 Wingate's Method 189 | Feeding-houses. 



189 



CHAPTER X. 



KILLING AND PREPARING FOR MARKET. 

 Age of Poultry 192 1 Preserving Poultry 



192 



CHAPTER XI. 



DISEASES OF POULTRY. 



Apoplexy 193 



Vertigo/. 194 



Paralysis 194 



Cartarrh 195 



Gapes 195 



Pip 196 



Roup 196 



Consumption 198 



Crop-bound 198 



Inflammation 199 



Diarrhea 199 



Costiveness 200 



Loss of Feathers 200 



Eating their Feathers 200 



White Comb 201 



Vermin.... 201 



Rheumatism 202 



Eating their Eggs 202 



CHAPTER XII. 



TURKEYS. 



American Wild Turkey 203 f Honduras Turkey 



Domestic Turke) 208 | Brush Turkey 



219 

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CHAPTER XIII. 



PEA-FOWL. 

 Description of the Pea-fowl 223 I Characteristics , 



CHAPTER XIV. 



GUINEA-FOWLS. 

 Common Guinea-fowl 226 I Crested Guinea-fowl 



224 

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228 



CHAPTER XV. 



AQUATIC FOWLS. THE SWAN. 



Mute Swan 230 



White Swan.. . 231 



Cygnets 233 



Black Swan , , 234 



