VIII CONTENTS 



CHAPTER X 



PAGB 



Waterfowl 234 



Commercial duck breeding — Care of young 

 ducks — Handling- breeding stock — ^^'inter 

 quarters for ducks and geese — Killing and 

 picking — Breeds — Keeping geese for profit — 

 The care of breeding geese — Feeding and 

 fattening — Picking — Breeds — Cross breeding 

 ' — Breeding and keeping swans. 



CHAPTER XI 



Turkeys, Guineas, Peafowls 265, 



Selection and care of breeding turkeys — • 

 Keeping turkeys in confinement — Feeding 

 and care of young turkeys — Marketing tur- 

 keys — Guineas — Peafowls. 



CHAPTER XII 



Pigeons and Squab Raising 27S 



Squab raising a fad — Where to keep pigeons 

 — Pigeon lofts and houses — Pheasant rearing. 



CHAPTER Xni 



Enemies and Diseases 286 



Asthenia — Blackhead in turkeys — Bowel 

 trouble — Bumble foot — Cholera — To avoid 

 colds — Consumption — Cramps — Crop bound 

 — Douglas mixture — Egg bound — Feather 

 eating — Gapes — Hawks — Leg weakness — 



Lice — Mites — Limber neck — Rats — Roup 



Sore heads — Scaly leg — Skunks — Venetian 

 red — Worms. 



