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Sick Fowls, isolation and disinfection of ... .. 15 
Sickles ... ... ... ... ... 124 
Sickly Fowls ... ... ... ... ... 341 
Single comb ... ... ... ... ... 124 
Sitting Hens, nianageiiient of ... ... ... 20 
Size, influence of the Hen on ... ... ... 88 
Skelton, Mr. W., on Langshans ... ... ... 148 
Smith, Ml-. J. v., on Dorkings .. ... ... 1G6 
Sour food, evils of feeding ... ... ... 55 
Spangling ... ... ... ... ... 124 
Spanish Fowls ... ... ,. ..281 
„ Black ... ... ... ... 285 
„ White ... ... ... ... 285 
„ schedule for judging ... 284,285 
Spotted-Bill Ducks .. ... ... ... 388 
Spur 124 
Squirrel Tail ... ... ... ... ... 124 
Stag 124 
Standards creating fancy values .. ... ... 83 
,, examples of incongruity in ... ... 85 
,, reasons for ... ... ... ... 83 
Stained lobes ... ... ... ... ... 124 
Station ... ... ... ... ... 124 
Stimulants for show birds ... ... ... 09 
Stock liirds, correct condition for ... 95, 97 
,, mature, the best ... ... ... 12 
,, ,, roosts for ... ... ... 97 
Strain ... ... ... ... ... 124 
how to form a reliable ... ... ... 87 
Stringhalt ... ... ..' ... ... 120 
Structural defects in ynung stock ... ... 55 
Style ... ... ... ... ... 124 
Sulphur for show birds ... ... ... 97 
Sultan Bantams ... ... .. ... 354 
,, ,, schedule for judging ... ... 303 
Superstitions n- hatching ... ... ... 22 
Surplus male birds, reasons for disposal of ... 44 
Surface colour ... ... ... ... 124 
Swans ... ... ... ... ... 406 
,, Bewick's ... ... ... ... 406 
„ Black ... ... ... ... ... 406 
„ Flecked or Chilian ... ... ... 407 
„ Mute or White ... ... .. ... 406 
„ Whistling ... ... ... ... 406 
Symmetry ... ... ... ... ... 124 
System of replacing laying stock ... ... 11 
mating and breeding stock ... ... 12 
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Table showing weekly results of eggs from different 
pens .. ... ... ... 46 
Tail coverts ... ... ... ... ... 124 
,, feathers ... ... .. ... ... 124 
Tapeworm ... ... ... ... ... 120 
Technical terms ... ... ... ... 122 
Testicles, enlargement of the ... ... ... 121 
Testing eggs ... ... ... ... ... 21 
Thermometer, how to test a ... .. ... 23 
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Thi\s 124 
'^ick.\jie cause of excessive Chicken mortality ... 49 
" \nioval of ... ... ... ... 50 
Tonic, iiiiposition of the Douglas Mixture ... 96 
Tonics, juid uses of ... .. 43,95 
Training for exhibition "birds ... ... G 
" ■Vw specimens ... ... ... 97 
Travelling Cop for show birds ... .. 98 
Trio ... ... ... ... ... . 124 
Tubercular diL.se, destruction of stock affected with 50 
Turkeys, Wild\ ... ... ... ..401 
Americ^ Bronze ... ... ... 403 
Cambrii^e ... ... .- .. 403 
Honduravpr Oscillated .. ... 401 
Mexican \ .. ... ... ... 401 
Norfolk .. ... ... ... 403 
Wild AustraW Bustard ... ... 402 
„ \ Brush or Wattled Talegalla 401 
cross-bred the \est for export ... .. 61 
„ first food for yo\ng ... ... ... 61 
Hens the best foijncubating ... ... 61 
Turnips as food ... ... .. 45 
Tyzack, Mr. W., as Editor of the A. P. and D. 
Oazetfe ... . ... 104 
u 
Unclassed varieties of Poultry .. ... ... .336 
Under-colour ... ... ... ... ... 124 
Utility versus fancy points .. ... ... 83 
V 
Value of birds wliich mate well together ... ... 89 
,, a pure-bred cross .. . , ... 10 
,, pure breeds .. ... ... ... 14 
„ green cut bone for fowls ... 45,46,95 
,, ,, and bone meal for Chickens 49 
Variety ... ... ... .. ... 124 
Varied diet, reasons for giving ... ... ... 45 
Vent gleet ... ... ... ... ... 121 
Venetianed ... ... ... ... ... 124 
Vulture-hock ... ... ... ... ... 124 
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Washing Poultry ... ... ... ... 98 
Water supply, arrangement of ... ... ... 7 
,, pots, earthenware, the best ... .. 42 
Wattles .. ... ... ... ... 124 
Webster, Mr. F., as Sec. Royal Agricultural Society 
of New South Wales ... ... 104 
AVeb 124 
Webb. Mr. W. H., on Australian Game ... .. 272 
Weedy specimens, disposal of ... ... ... 16 
Weeks, Mr. W. F., on Langshans ... ... 149 
Plymouth Rocks ... ... 205 
Wheat as food .. ... ... ... 45 
„ whole, the best grain for laying Hens ... 69 
