414 
INDEX. 
Baniti" 
122 
Bean "or e'ls Vs f 1 
45 
Beard °' ^^'^^ as oot ... 
122 
Beef 'lean as food 
4-5 
Best fjrain for Ifivin*^ fowls 
()9 
Birds, sciidiii'^ of, on :i|)pro\':il 
71 
]51ac-k I'lust-Indiaii Ducks 
3S3 
'.)2 
Bone^Meal adv'in\'i"erof'u^^^^^^ 
i'ii 41 
9() 
„ „ for Ducks ... 
(10 
Booted Bantams 
3-54 
,, ,, S'jhedule for judging 
3(51 
Bradshaw, Mr. G., on Export Poultry 
(11 
,, ,, Australian Game 
2(1.S 
Brahma Fowls 
127 
,, ■ ,, as table Poultr\- ... 
127 
,, „ breeding the light variety of, to feather 
points ... 
129 
,, ,, shade of underfiuff in light va 
riety of 
130 
,, ,, colour of Diuk 
130 
„ ,, colour of Light ... 
128 
,, ,, dry runs required for 
1 
,, Chickens, ungainly while growing 
132 
„ doseription of Dark Cock, for Pullet-b 
■ceding 
131 
„ Hens a.'tcrioratiiig as layers 
127 
our own e\i)erieiice with the Light 
13(j 
Fowls, schedule for judging 
]3(j 
similar to Cochins in skull formation 
127 
,„ tail, a characteristic feature 
128 
„ triple comb, a sign of purity of race 
127 
Bantams 
3-53 
,, scliedule for judging , . 
359 
Bran as food . . 
45 
Breast, crooked, cause of in young chickens 
9(j 
Breda, or Guehh-e Fowls (French) 
34(1 
Breeds, various, classified 
10 
Breed 
Breeding for colour points 
93 
,, stock, importance of health and vigour in the 
93 
doctoring unwise 
16 
Breeding pens, arrangement of ... 
*' 
,, Poultry on an extensive scale 
,, ,, for table purposes 
in 
10 
Break-down ... 
1 10 
Broody Hens, how to manage 
18 
122 
Brood 
122 
Bronchitis 
110 
Bruges Game Fowls (Belgian) ... 
336 
Buckwheat as food 
45 
meal as food 
45 
Bumble-foot ... 
110 
Butcher, Mr. E., on Orpingtons ... 
210 
c 
Cadell, Mr. Harold, on Cornish-Indian Game ... 262 
on Indian-runner Ducks ... ,384 
on Minorcas ... ... 305 
Call Ducks ... ... ... ... .. •584 
PAGE. 
Canvas-back Ducks ... ... ... ... 384 
Campbell, Mr. J. T., on Australian Game... ... 274 
Campine Fowls, the (French) ... ... ... 347 
Canary seed for show birds .. ... ... 97 
Canker ... ... ... ... ... 110 
Capons ... ... ... 80 
Caponising, how to operate successfully ... ... 78 
Capsule, construction of incubator ... ... 24 
,, effect of heat on the ... ... ... 25 
Carolina Ducks ... ... ... ... 385 
Carbolic oil, a certain remedy for ticks ... ... 50 
Carrots as food ... ... ... ... 45 
Carriage ... ... ... ... .. 122 
Carunculated ... ... ... ... " .. 122 
Catarrh ... ... ... ... ... 110 
Caumont Fowls, the (French) ... ... .. 347 
Cayuga Ducks .. .. ... ... ... 383 
,, ,, schedule for judging ... ... 392 
Charcoal, use of powdered ... ... .. 97 
Chickens, attention to ... ... ... ... 48 
,, a mistake, coddling .. ... ... 49 
,, a Fancier's Notes on the Feeding and 
Rearing of ... ... ... 53 
„ causes of dysentery among j'oung ... 55 
,, ,, early mortality among young ... 54 
,, ,, weakly ... ... ... 54 
,, dying in the shell, causes of ... ... 17 
„ early hatched, the best ... ... 95 
,, feeding, rearing, and management of ... 48 
,, first food for ... ... ... ... 48 
,, grain for ... ... ... ... 49 
meat for ... ... .. ... 49 
,, marking, so as to distinguish ... ... 88 
,, for export, fattening ... ... ... 74 
Chicken-pox or Warts ... ... ... 110 
Chick ... ... ... ... ... 122 
Cholera ... ... ... ... ... Ill 
Clarke, Mr. H. P., on Colonial Game 267 
Clutch ... ... .. ... ... 122 
Cochin Fowls ... .. ... ... ... 1.39 
,, Black ... . . ... ... 142 
„ Buff ... ... ... ... 139 
„ ,, Cuckoo ... ... ... ... 142 
„ Partridge... ... ... ... 141 
„ Silky .. ... ... ... 142 
„ White ... ... ... ... 143 
„ As table Poultry ... ... ... 142 
,, ,, Breeding Buffs to colour points ... 140 
,, ,, ,, Partridge Cockerels ... 141 
Pullets ... ... 141 
,, ,, characteristics of ... ... ... 144 
„ ,, dry runs required for ... ... 1 
,, ,, merits of ... ... ... ... 142 
,, ,, not to recommended as a first cross ... 143 
,, our own experience with ... ... 144 
,, ,, schedule for judging ... ... 144 
,, ,, weeding out the Chickens ... ... 142 
Cockerels, retarding maturity in . . . ... ... 56 
Cockerel ... .. ... ... ... 122 
,, and Pullet, not to be mated together .. 89 
