CONTENTS 
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I. — Houses and Accommodation 
II. — The Selection of Stock ...... 
III. — Feeding and General Treatment of Fowls . 
IV. — Eggs and Incubation ..... 
V. — Artificial Hatching 
VI. — The Management of Chickens . 
VII. — Fattening and Killing .... . . 
VIII. — Poultry as National Food 
IX. — The Utility of the Poultry Fancy 
X. — Commencing a Strain 
XI. — Mating Stock for Breeding Prize Birds 
XII. — Rearing, Care, and Exhibition of Prize Poultry 
XIII. — Shows and Judging 
XIV. — Buying, Selling, and Exporting . . . . 
XV. — Enemies in the Yard ...... 
XVI. — Diseases of Poultry 
XVII.— Technical Terms ... 
XVIII. — Cochins 
XIX. — Langshans • 
XX.— Brahmas .-•••• 
XXI.— Malays . ' 
XXII.— Game ..•••■ 
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