POULTRIY-CRAFT. 265 
Cracklings, 97. 
Cramp, 212. 
Crested White ducks, 239. 
Creveceeur, 76. 
Crop bound, 213. 
enlarged, 213. 
inflammation of, 213. 
Cross bred, definition, 61. 
geese, 250, 253. 
breeding, 62, 154. 
Cull stock, selling, 194. 
Culling growing chicks, 183. 
in fall, 132. 
laying hens in summer, 138. 
Curd, 99. 
Damaged food, 93, 100. 
Dampness objectionable, 21, 127, 128, 222, 
235. 
Dark Brahmas — description, 69. 
mating, 159. 
nests, 54. 
Debility, general, 213. 
in growing chicks, 184. 
Debt, importance of keeping out of, 13, 19. 
Deformed chicks, 171. 
Depluming scab mites, 216. 
Desiccated fish, 98. 
Diarrhea, 213. 
Diphtheria, 213. 
Diphtheritic roup, note, 210. 
Diseases, descriptions and remedies of, 211. 
general rules for preventing, 210. 
hints to guide in diagnosing, 211. 
of ducks, 247. 
turkeys, 231. 
Distemper, 213, 132. 
Doctoring, unprofitableness of, 209. 
Dominique Leghorns, 74. 
Dominiques, American, 68. 
Dorkings, 77. 
Double matings, 155—6. (Note 61, 65). 
Drainage, 21. 
Dressed poultry, exhibiting, 208. 
packing, 192. 
in warm weather, 193. 
shipping in cold weather, 193. 
Dressing chickens, 191. 
ducks, 246. 
geese, 257. 
turkeys, 231. 
Dried blond, 97. 
Drinking vessels, 55. 
cleaning, 128. 
water, warming, 135. 
Drooping wings in young caicks, 181. 
Droppings boards, 53. 
boxes for, 45. 
how often to remove, 127. 
selling, 127. (Note). 
Dry picking poultry, 191. 
Duck eggs, care of, 241. 
growing adapted to all sections, 235. 
general remarks on, 233. 
Ducklings, brooding artificially, 244. 
with hens, 245. 
care of after weaning, 245. 
feather pulling in, 248. 
feeding, 244. 
hatching in incubators, 243. 
with hens, 245. 
Ducks, descriptions of breeds of, 236. 
diseases of, 247. 
dressing, 246. 
exhibiting, 247. 
houses and yards for, 235. 
packing and shipping to market, 247. 
profit in, 234. 
to tell sex of, 246. 
when to market, 246. 
Durra, 96. 
Earth floor, best, 24. 
renewing, 39. 
East Indian ducks, 239. 
Eaves, to make joints at, wind-tight, 39. 
Egg bound, 213. 
Egg breed, what is an, 63. 
broken in body, 213. 
eating, 141. 
foods, 99. 
production, average of, 123. 
effect of condition on, 134. 
weather on, 123. 
general remarks on, 121. 
record, keeping an, 142. 
testers, 169. 
type, 124. 
yield, factors of a good, 124. 
what is a good, 63. 
Eggs, care of duck, 241. 
chilled during incubation, 170: 
double, 141. : 
exhibiting, 208. 
