INDEX. 



Page 



Age of Fowls 27 



Age of Geese 153 



Age of Ducks 148 



Amputation of Wing . . 134 



Animal Food 114 



Artificial Eggs .... 63 

 Artificial Incubation . . 96 

 Artificial Food . . . .110 



Ashes 54 



Bantam Breed .... 32 

 Bantam, Smooth-legged . 32 



Blacksnake 72 



Bones of Birds .... 22 

 Broom Corn Seed . . .140 



Buckwheat 141 



Capons 125 



Castration 115 



Cats . . 69 



Change of Breed . 36 



Chicken Coops . . 105 



Chicken Feed . . 104 



Clam-shells ... 54 



Climate, Influence of xi. 



Cocks, Choice of . 36 



Colour of Fowls . . 34 



Confinement 39 



Constipation 130 



Corn 138 



Crop-sickness 131 



Crows 71 



Curassow 179 



Diseases of Chickens 

 Diseases of Adults 

 Domestication 

 Dominico Breed . 

 Ducks, Common . 

 Ducks, Muscovy . 

 Ducks, Wood . . . 

 Ducks, Canvass-back 

 Dunghill Breed . . 

 Eccalebeion . . . 



126 



131 



17 



34 



148 



152 



151 



152 



20 



Eggs, Composition of . . 73 

 Eggs, Shape of .... 75 



Eggs, Size of ..... 76 



Eggs, Number of ... 79 

 Eggs, Preservation of . . 86 

 Every-day Hen .... 30 



Fasciola Tracheae . . .127 

 Fattening Coops . . . .112 



Fattening Chickens . .111 

 Fattening Ducks . . . .149 



Feathers of Geese . . . 155 

 Feeding-hopper .... 48 



Fences ....... 44 



Fish as Food ..... 114 



Food of Fowls .... 138 



Foxes ....... 67 



Callus Bankiva .... 19 



Gallus Domesticus ... 20 

 Gallus Pugnax .... 20 



Gallus Cristatus .... 20 



Gallus Pusillus .... 20 



Gallus Pumilio .... 21 



Gapes ....... 126 



Gizzard ....... 23 



Goose, Tame ..... 153 



Goose, Wild ..... 161 



Goose, Mongrel . . . .161 



Goose, Chinese . . . .162 



Goose, Brant ..... 163 



Gravel ....... 54 



Guinea Fowls ..... 173 



Halones ....... 75 



Hasty Pudding 

 Hen-house, plan of . . 

 Horse-f90t Crab ... 

 Incubation, Changes in 

 Incubation, Process of 

 Incubation, Duration of 



114 

 59 



150 

 90 

 88 

 90 



Instruments for Caponizing 117 

 Italian Breed ..... 31 

 Kinderhook Bait ... 67 



