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Index. 



Ducks, Judging 



„ Muscovy . , , 



,, Mandarin 



,, Penguin . 



„ Rearing for Marlcet 



,, ,, Show Purposes 



,, Rouen . 



„ Spotted-Bill . 



,, "Whistling 



„ Wild British . 

 Dumpies 



Dust-bath for Fowls . 

 Dutch Every-Day Layers 

 Dysentery .... 



E. 



Early Chickens, Shelter for 



„ Eggs, To Secure 



,, Hatching, Importance of 

 Earth as a Deodoriser , , . . 

 East Indian Ducks 



Economy of Material in Poultry-houses 

 Egg, All Life from the . 



,, Formation of the 

 Egg-eating Hens, Nest for 

 Egg-organs, Derangements of 

 Egg-production may be Increased . 

 „ ,, Means of Increasing . 

 „ ,, of Various Breeds . 

 Eggs, Barren, to Distinguish 



,, Broken during Incubation 



,, Chilled, Treatment for 



,, Cracked while Hatching, to Treat 



,," Easily Addled in Spring . 



,, Fertility of . 



,, Foretelling Sex in . . , 



,, Importation of, from France . 



,, Incubation of, in Difterent Birds 



,, in Winter .... 



,, Instrument for Testing Fertility of 



„ Moderate Number to be Set . 



,, Moistening during Incubation . 



,, often Stolen .... 



,, Packing for Journeys , . 



,, Position for Storing . . 



„ Preserving for Winter 



,, Purchased .... 



,, Selection of, for Hatching 



,, Set, to be Marked 



,, Storing ..... 



„ to be regularly Collected 



„ to Distinguish Fertile 



,, to Tell which will Hatch 

 Egg-tester, Description and Diagram of 

 Elephantiasis in Fowls . 

 Emu Fowls 1 



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556 

 541 

 54S 

 542 

 536 

 537 

 539 

 554 

 552 



553 

 442 



32 

 360 

 191 



. 136 



• 21, 34 

 21 



• 25, 96 



• 544 

 2, 16 



• 36 

 36 



• 41 

 . 38, 200 



. 40 



4, 108, 265 



. 40 



4S 



• 47 

 49 



• SO 

 49 



44, 4S 

 44 



. S9 

 49 

 34 

 48 



47 

 47 

 34 

 42 



41 



43. 44 

 21 



45 

 47 

 41 

 40 

 48 



49 



48 



192, 454 



228 



21, 34 



Enemies in the Poultry-yard . 



Entry, Form of, for Shows . 



Entwistle, Mr. W. F., on Game Bantams 



Erection of Poultry-house, Directions for 



Eruptions m Poultiy 



Estimates for Large Poultry Establishments 



,, of Profit from Poultry 

 Exhibition, Best Age for 



, , Breeding for . 



,, Care of Birds for 



,, Evils of Over-shovvin; 



,, Feeding for 



, , Final Touches before 



,, Hampers for 



,, Penning previous to 



,, Preparation for . 



,, Selection of Birds for 



,, Washing Birds for . 



Exhibitions of Poultry {see Shows) 

 Exporting Poultry . . . 



F. 



Faces of Spanish Fowls 



Fairhurst, Miss, on White Dorkings 



Fancy, the, its Origin 



, , , , What it has done . 



Fancy Points, Necessity for . 



,, ,, Utility of . 

 Farm, Poultry on the 



„ Why Poultry often Fails on the 

 Farm, Poultry, Schemes for 

 Fattening Poultry . 



>. .. -Age for . 



„ ,, French Methods of 



,, ,, M. Martin's System 



,, ,, Natural Method of 



,, ,, Sussex System 



Feather-eating, Causes and Cure 

 Feathers, Preserving .... 

 ,, Figures of, from Brahmas 

 ,, ,, Cochins (Partridge) 



„ ,, Dominiques . 



,, ,, Dorkings . 



,, ,, Game . 284, 286, 



„ ,, Hamburghs 364, 365, 



„ ,, Polish . 



,, ,, .Sebright Bantams 



,, ,, Silky Fowls . 



Feeding Poultry (generally) 



,, ,, During Exhibition 



,, ,, Evils of Grain alone for 



,, ,, Excess the Rule 



,, ,, for Exhibition . 



,, ,, on Shipboard 



,, ,, Proper Quantity in . 



Fence for Poultrj'-yards .... 



PACE 



iSo 



157 



4S1 



2 



192 



57, 100 



33 

 146 

 124 

 147 

 155 

 149 



154 

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 148 

 148 

 «5i 



178 



340—349 



• 32s 

 209 



. Ill 



112 

 III, 114 



)i. 93. 94 



• 91 

 95 



• 77 

 77 



S, 80, 82 

 82 



• 77 

 320 



• 193 

 33 



254, 257, 260 

 220, 221 



■ 433 

 316,317,322 

 287, 288, 289 



370, 379. 381 

 400, 401 

 468, 469 

 452 



23 

 160 



24 



24 



149 



178 



25 



4 



