INDEX. 



Abnormal Structure, Singular Propagation of 

 Abortion in Hens ..... 

 Accommodation for Poultry 

 Accounts, Form for Keeping 



,, Should not be too Complicated 

 Additions to the Poultry-yard 

 Age of Fowls, Importance of 



,, at which Pullets Lay .... 



,, of Breedinsj Stock .... 



Alarm, Fatal Results from 



Ale, Use of, for Fowls .... 



Allotments, Poultry for .... 



American Breeds of Poultry 



Danvers Whites 

 Dominiques 

 Jersey Blues 

 Leghorns . 

 Plymouth Rocks 

 American Light Crahmas .... 



,, Bronze Turkeys 

 Anconas ....... 



Andalusian Fowls ..... 



,, ,, Mr. H. Leworthy on 



Animal Food for Chickens 



,, ,, needed in Confinement . 



Apoplexy in Fowls .... 



Appetite to be Preser%'ed .... 



,, Loss of .... . 



Arbitrary Standards of Breeding, Necessity of 

 ,, ,, ,, ,, Usefuhiess of 



Artificial Hatching ..... 



,, Mothers ...... 



,, Rearing of Chickens 

 ,, ,, Benefits of . 



,, ,, Mrs. F. Cheshire on 



Aspect for Poultry-house ... 



Aylesbury Ducks ..... 



B. 



Baily, Mr, J., on Polish Fowls 

 Bakies or Dumpies 

 Barndoor Fowls 

 Bantams .... 



„ Black 



,, Booted . 



,,. Cochin or Pekin 



PAGE 

 404 



I8S 

 I 



35 

 34 



575 

 20 

 21 



133 

 37 



404 



> 149 

 90 

 422 

 438 

 432 

 438 

 423 

 435 

 253 

 516 



357 



355 



355 



72, 135 



29 



. 1S5 



25 



190, 197 



112 



114, "5 



51 



74. 42S 



74 



• 430 



429 



3 



534 



• 396 

 442 



iS, 22 



459 

 . 460 



475 



• 465 



PAGE 



Bantams, Cuckoo ....... 466 



,, Game 4S1 



,, Japanese 466 



Judging 477 



,, Laced, or Sebright 



,, Limit of Weight in . . 



„ Nankin 



,, Rearing 



White 



,, White-booted .... 



Barley, as Poultry Food .... 



Barred F'loors for Asiatic Fowls . 

 Beards on Fowls ..... 



,, ,, Polish Fowls .... 



Beldon, Mr. H., on Haraburghs, Black 

 ,1 ,, ,, Pencilled 



I! )> >i Spangled 



>> >i ,1 Various 



,, „ Pekin Bantams . 



,, ,, Spangled Polish Fowls 



Betting on Awards at Shows 

 Black Bantams .... 



,, ,, Mr. Cambridge on 



,, ,, Mr. Hewitt on 



,, ,, Mr. Hutton on . 



Black-rot in Spanish 

 Black Hamburghs .... 



Elumenbach on Polish Skulls 



Bolton Greys ..... 



Bone-dust for Chickens . 



Bonney, Mr. W. E., on Brown Leghorns 



Booted Bantams .... 



Brahmas ....... 



and Cochins, Difference between 

 Bumham's Claim to Origination of 

 Characteristics of 

 Cornish, Mr. V., on Origin of 

 Crosses in, To Detect 



Dark 



,, Breeding , 

 Judging .... 



,, Schedule for . 



Light 



,, American 

 ,, Breeding 

 Qualities of . . . 

 Special Affections of 



477, 



252^ 



239: 

 254; 



467 

 4S6 



473 

 476 



474 

 474 

 29 

 16 

 449 

 395 

 383 

 378 

 362 

 387 

 465 

 395 

 17s 

 460 



463 

 464 

 460 

 186 

 383 

 393 

 378 

 197 

 426 



475 

 239 

 267 

 240 

 248 

 241 

 261 



25s 

 258 

 267 

 269 



252 

 253 

 253 

 263 

 266 



