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INDEX. 
PAGE 
N 
Naked-Necked Fowls (Austrian) ... ... 338 
Nankin Bantams ... .. .. ... 356 
„ schedule for judging .. ... 370 
Nests, arrangement of ... ... ... ... 2 
,, description of .. ... ' ... ... IH 
manufacture of .. ... .. ... 18 
,, size of, for different breeds ... ... 18 
Nomenclature ... ... ... ... ... 125 
Norman, Mr. F., on Minorcas ... ... ... 306 
o 
Oatmeal as food •■• ... ... ... 45 
Oats „ ... ... ... ... 45 
Old Style British Game Fowls ... ... ... 245 
,, ,, ,, „ schedule for judging 252 
Onions as food .. ... ... .. 45 
Orpington Fowls ... ... .. ... 210 
„ Black Single-Combed ... ... 210 
„ Eose-Combed ... ... 210 
,, ,, origin of ... ... ... 210 
„ Single and Rose-Combed Buffs ... 210 
,, ,, schedule for judging ... .. 212 
Overcrowding, evils of ... ... ... ... 7 
Overfeeding, evils of . . ... ... ... 41 
P 
Paralysis (apoplexy) ... ... ... ... 109 
Parasites, preventives of ... ... ...2,54 
„ minute, causing failures in hatching ... 19 
Parsnips as food ... ... ... ... 46 
Pattison, Mr. C. W., on Modern British Game ... 229 
Pea-comb ... ... ... ... ... 123 
Pea Fowl ... ... ... .. ... 399 
Peck, Mr. H. Huntington, on Plymouth Rocks ... 178 
Peck, Mr. 0. H., on Leghorns ... .. ... 312 
Pedigree, importance of keeping the ... ... 92 
Pekin Ducks ... ... ... ... ... 383 
,, ,, schedule for judging... ... ... 391 
,, or Cochfn Bantams ... ... ... 352 
„ ,, ,, schedule for judging ... 357 
Pencilling ... ,. ... ... ... 123 
Penning show specimens ... ... ... 107 
Pen numbers, reasons for not sending, to exhibitors 107 
Perches for Fowls ... ... ... . 2 
Perfection, absolute, unattainable ... ... 92 
Peritonitis ... ... ... ... ... 119 
Pintail Ducks ... ... ... ... ... 388 
Pip ... ... ... ... ... ... 119 
Plymouth Rock Fowls ... ... ... .174 
„ Barred ... ... 174 
„ Black ... ... ... 177 
„ Buff ... 177 
,, ,, ,, Pea-combed I'.arred ... 178 
„ White ... ... ... 177 
„ schedules for judging 207, 208 
Plucking Poultry, an easy method of ... ... 77 
Plymouth Rock-Dorking cross, value of the ... 74 
I'AGE 
1 neunionia 
119 
Polla,rd RS food ... ... 
4.5 
Polish. DBiiitfinis ... ... ... 
... 3.55 
schedule for judging 
... 366 
... 331 
Black 
)i ») Blue or Grey ... ... 
... 331. 
If Cuckoo ... ... 
332 
IT Golden-Sptingled 
... 331 
M J) Silvei'-SpRngled ... ... 
331 
White 
... 332 
,, >v niie-L lesieu niacK 
332 
„ as layers and table Poultry ... 
332 
u breeding Gold and feilver-Spangled 
... 332 
I, general characteristics of 
... 334 
,1 inclination to feather eating in 
333 
Potatoes as food^^*^"^^ 
0 a oes as oo ... 
^45 
44 47 82 
Poult^^ arming pro a e 
... 123 
Poultry droppings, value of 
9 
1 oultiy Societies, oppoitunities of ... 
102 
,, suitable for export, best class oi 
59 
,, killing and preparing, for market 
77 
Prepotency ... ... ... ... 
... 123 
Preparing feathers, method of ... 
78 
Primaries 
123 
Profile 
123 
Prolapse 
... 119 
Proportion of high-class specimen in a Hock 
Pullet 
... 1-3 
Pullets, benefit of retarding maturity in 
56 
Pure breeds as layers ... ... ... 
10 
,, ,, as mothers and sitters 
11 
,, ,, for general purposes 
fl, 68 
„ ,, for hardiness 
... 11 
„ for limited space 
... 11 
,, for quality of meat ... 
10 
" pTefe^rence to ' " 
Jo 
,, ,, versus cross-breeds ... 
... 68 
Pure bred cross, value of a 
... 13 
Q 
Quarantine of sick Poultry 
... 16 
Quantity and quality of eggs, important ... 
... 68 
Quality before quantity for the Fancier 
... 95 
R 
Ramsay, Mr. L. L., as Hon. Sec. Poultry Club of 
New South AVales 
... 105 
,, ,, on Orpingtons 
... 211 
,, ,, Wyandottes 
... 222 
Eawson, Mrs. Lance, on Poultry farming 
in 
Queensland 
... 61 
Reach 
... 123 
Rearing of Chickens hatched in incubators 
... 50 
Red-cap Fowls 
... 338 
