TABLE OF CONTENTS. iX. 



SWINE HUSBANDRY. 



the; various breeds. 



Pagb. 



'rhe Berkshires. Their Characteristics. Quahty of Meat. Matur- 

 ity. The Suffolks. Their Characteristics. The Essexes. Their 

 Characteristics. The Poland-Chinas. Their Characteristics. The 

 Victorias. The Durocs. The Cheshires, or Jefferson County 



Swine. Jersey Reds. Chester Whites. Yorkshires 393 



DISEASES AND GENERAI, SUBJECTS. 



Mange. Recipe for Mange Ointment. Pigs Losing Their Tails. 

 Inflammation of the Brain, or "Blind Staggers." Diarrhea. 

 Constipation. Lice. So-Called "Hog Cholera. Etc. Curing 

 and Preserving. Sows Eating Their Pigs. Swine Breeding. . . 408 



POULTRY DEPARTMENT. 



THE VARIOUS BREEDS. 



Special Advantages and Disadvantages of the Andalusians, Brah- 

 mas, Cochins, Leghorns, Brown Leghorns, Game, White Ply- 

 mouth Rocks, Dominiques, Langshans, Dorkings. Classification 



of the Characteristics of the Various Breeds 419 



DISEASES. 



Causes. Crop-bound. Gapes. Roup. Common Cold or Catarrh. 

 Bronchitis. Disorders of the Egg Organs. Cramp. Consump- 

 tion. Diphtheria. Bumble-Foot. Apoplexy. Feather Eating. 



Cholera. Diarrhea. Etc. , Etc 432 



GENERAL SUBJECTS. 



Suitable Place in Which to Keep Fowls. Building a Hen-house. 

 Crowding of Fowls. The Most Profitable Breed to Keep. Etc. 438 



THE POTATO. 



ITS ENEMIES. 



Late Blight or Downy Mildew. Early Blight or Leaf-Spot Disease. 

 Bacterial Blight. Treatment of Diseases of the Potatoes. Po- 

 tato Scab. Treatment. Caution. Bordeaux Mixture. How 

 to Prepare Carbonate of Copper 443 



