CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



CHAPTER 



I. — Houses and Accommodation . i 



n. — The Selection of Stock 



ni.— Feeding and General Treatment of Fowls . 23 



IV. — Eggs and Incubation 3 



V. — Artificial Hatching 5^ 



VI.— The Management of Chickens ^^ 



VII. — Fattening and Killing 77 



88 

 VIII. — Poultry as National Food 



IX.— The Utility of " Fancy Points" "^ 



X. — Commencing a Strain "7 



XI.— Mating Stock for Breeding Prize Birds ^^4 



XII.— Rearing, Care, and Exhibition of Prize Poultry i35 



XHI.— Shows and Judging ^ 



XIV. — Buying, Selling, and Exporting '7 



V . ^ . . 180 



XV. — Enemies in the Yard 



XVI. — Diseases of Poultry 



„ ... 201; 



XVH.- Technical Terms 



. Z08 



XVIII.— Cochins • 



• 239 

 XIX. — Brahmas 



. 271 



XX. — Malays 



• 279 

 XXL— Game 



XXII.— Dorkings • ^' 



