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Disqualifications of Hamburg Fowls ... ... 330 
,, Langshan „ ... ... 162 
Leghorn „ ... ... 321 
Malay „ ... ... 2-59 
Minorca „ ... 310, 311 
Orpington „ ... ... 213 
Polish „ ... ... 335 
Plymouth Rock Fowls 208, 20!) 
Spanish Fowls ... 28.5, 28(1 
Wyandotte „ ... 22-5, 220, 227 
,, Booted Bantams ... ... 362 
Brahma „ ... ..361 
,, Cornish-Indian Game Bantams 378 
„ Cuckoo Bantams ... ... 306 
Frizzled „ ... ... 369 
Game „ ... ... 377 
„ Japanese ,,' ... ... 369 
Malay „ ... ... 378 
Nankin ., ... ... 370 
,, Pekin or Cochin Bantams ... 3.59 
Polish Bantams ... ... 368 
,, Rose-combed Bantams ... 357 
,, Sebright Bantams .. ... 365 
Sultan „ ... .. 363 
Dodges, exhibitors' ... ... ... ... 107 
Dorking Fowls ... ... ... ... 163 
„ Cuckoo ... ... ... .. 165 
Dark or Coloured ... ... ... 163 
Silver-Grey ... .. ... 163 
,, White Rose-combed ... ... 164 
„ as Winter layers .. ... ... 164 
,, mating of, to produce Dark or Coloured 
Cockerels ... :.. ... 163 
,, mating of, to produce Dark or Coloured 
Pullets ... ... ... ... 103 
„ most suitable crosses with ... ... 105 
,, schedule for judging .. ... 166 
Dominique Fowls .. ... ... ... 337 
Drinking troughs for Poultry ... .. ... 8, 9 
Dubbing Game Fowls and Game Bantams ... 100 
Duck-foot ... ... ... ... 106, 122 
Ducks ... ... ... ... .. 379 
„ Aylesbury ... . . ... ... 381 
,, Australian Wild Black ... ... ... 386 
,, Maned-Goose, or Wood ... ... 387 
,, Bahama ... ... ... ... 388 
„ Black Cayuga ... ... ... ... 383 
„ Call ... .. ... ... ... 384 
Canvas-back ... .. ... .. 384 
,, Carolina ... .. ... ... 385 
,, East Indian ... ... ... ... 383 
„ Falcated ... ... ... ... 388 
,, Indian Runner ... ... ... ... 384 ' 
,, Japanese Teal ... ... .. ... 388 
,, Mallard ... ... ... ... 388 
„ Mandarin ... .. .. ... 385 
,, Muscovy ... ... ... ... 384 
„ Pintail ... ... .. ... ... 388 
,, Pekin ... ... ... .. ... 383 
„ Rouen ... .. ... ... .. 382 
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Ducks, ShiUdrake 388 
„ Spotted Bill ... ... ... ... 388 
„ Whistling ... ... ... ... 386 
Red-billed ... . ... 386 
White-faced ... ... ... 386 
„ Widgeon ... ... ... ... 388 
,, breeding Rouens for exhibition ... ... 382 
cross-bred the best for export ... ... 60 
,, incubator the best for hatching ... ... 60 
Ducklings, first food for ... ... .. 60,382 
,, weight of, at three months old .. ... 60 
Du Mans Fowls (French) .. ... ... 348 
Duncan, Mr. G. M., on Langshans ... ... 150 
Dunlop, Mr. Hugh, on Wyandottes ... ... 223 
Dust bath for fowls ... ... ... ... 4 
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Ear lobes ... ... ... ... ... 122 
East-Indian Ducks ... ... .. ..383 
Eczema ... ... ... ... ... 113 
Edmondson, Mr. F. G., on Andalusians ... .. 295 
Effect of fresh or alien blood ... ... ... 13 
Egg bound ... ... ... ... ... 114 
,, eating ... ... ... ... ... 114 
,, production, breeding to increase ... .. 69 
„ ,, retarding of, for fancy purposes ... 95 
,, ,, the best breeds for ... ... 66 
Egg passage, protrusion of the .. .. ... 114 
Eggs, age of, for setting ... ... ... ... 18 
,, advantages of cooling, during artificial 
incubation ... ... ... 24 
,, adult Hens, first batch the best ... ... 95 
„ broken in nest ... ... ... ... 19 
,, breeding stock to produce brown-shelled ... 70 
,, buying and selling, for hatching ... ... 71 
,, composition and structure of ... ... 17 
,, feeding for ... ... ... ... 69 
,, for hatching ... ... ... ... 71 
,, for natural incubation, best plan to follow 
with ... ... ... ... 18 
,, freshness or staleness of ... ... ... 17 
,, hints to vendors of valuable .. ... 72 
,, hints to purchasers of valuable ... ... 71 
,, moisture required for ... ... ... 24 
,, not hatching, causes of ... ... ... 17 
,, number to place under Hen ... ... 19 
„ packing of valuable ... ... ... 72 
„ period of incubation with ... ... ... 20 
,, selecting, for incubation ... ... ... 17 
,, storage of, for incubation . .. ... 17 
,, system of feeding for ... .. 69,70 
„ testing the fertility of ... ... 20,21 
,, turning of, during artificial incubation ... 24 
„ the easiest method of preserving .. ... 73 
,, the lime method of preserving ... ... 72 
Eggs, soft shelled ... ... ... ... 114 
Enemies of young Chickens ... ... ... 58 
Enteritis ... ... ... ... ... 115 
