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Index. 
o. 
PAGE 
PAGE 
Polish Fowls, Blue or Grey ... 
... 
407 
Oats as Food ... 
... 
29 
,, ,, Chamois 

406 
,, Ground, and Oatmeal ... 
... 
26, 27 
,, ,, Cuckoo 

407 
Oliver, Mr., Fattening Establishment in 
Sussex 
324 
,, ,, Gold-spangled... 

399 
Open Judging ... 
... 
173 
,, „ Judging, and Schedule 

408 
Origin of the Domestic Fowl 
... 
495 
,, ,, Nostrils of the 

397 
Orme, Mr., and Langshans ... 
236 
,, ,, Pencilled 

407 
Orpingtons 
... 
448 
,, „ Qualities of 

407 
,, Rose-combed 
45i 
,, ,, Silver-spangled 
398 
Ovary of a Fowl 
36 
,, ,, Skull of the 
395 
Over-fattening 
25, 148, 332, 538 
,, ,, Trimming Crests of ... 

403 
Over-showing ... 
... 
134, 155. 332 
Post-entries at Shows 
158 
Poulardes 
... 
85 
P. 
Poultry Club, The 
... 
175 
Packing Eggs for Sitting 
... 
42 
Poultry-farming on Small Scale 

107 
,, Poultry 
. . . 
86 
Poultry Farms, Alleged 

9i 
Paralysis 
... 
1S5 
Poultry Houses 
1, 
108 
Paris, Consumption of Eggs in 
90 
Poultry-men ... 
122 
Park, Poultry in a 
16, 322 
Preparing Fowls for Exhibition 

149 
Parr, Mr. J. C., on Sonnerat Fowls 
498 
Preserving Eggs for Winter ... 
43 
Parrish’s Chemical Food 
. . . 
141 
Prices of Eggs... 
92, 
100 
Pasteur’s Cholera Inoculation 
. . . 
188 
,, Market Poultry 
100, 
114 
Payment of Judges 
... 
i75 
,, Prize Birds ... ... ... 124, 
i49> 177, 298, 492 
Pea-comb, The 
... 
259 
,, Stock Birds ... 
... 
1 19 
Peafowl, Black- winged 
... 
53i 
Prize Poultry, Accommodation for ... 
9 
,, Common 
... 
527 
,, ,', Age for Showing 
146 
,, Japanese 
... 
530 
,, ,, Bone-dust for... 
... 
139 
,, Management of 
... 
532 
,, „ Commencing a Strain of 
117 
Pedigree Notes 
... 
142 
,, „ Exhibiting 
154 
Pekin Bantams 
... 
472 
,, ,, Hampers for Sending off 
... . ... 
153 
,, Ducks ... 
54i 
„ „ Keeping in Condition 
147 
Penalties for Trimming 
170 
,, ,, Marking Various Strains 
142 
Penning at Shows 
159 
,, ,, Mating Birds for Breeding ... 
... 
124 
,, before Exhibition ... 
9, 12, 15, 149 
,, ,, Prevention of Laying in 
... 
146 
Pens for Training 
I 3> 15 
,, ,, Rearing Chickens from 
136 
Perches 
.. . 
3, 15, 144, 319 
„ ,, Registering Broods ... 
... 
142 
Peritonitis 
199 
„ ,, Separating the Sexes 
... 
143 
Personalities of Langshan Breeders... 
••• 233, 235 
,, ,, Treatment before Showing ... 
149 
Pheasant Fowls 
369, 372, 373 
,, ,, Washing for Exhibition 
I5i 
Pheasants and Poultry-keeping 
98 
„ „ Weeding the Chickens 
143 
Phoenix Fowls 
447 
Profit from Poultry ... 
33 
Pip 
199 
Protectors for Eggs 
49 
Plaisted, Mr., and Brahmas 
255 
Ptarmigans 
453 
Plans of Yards 
... 
6 
Pudding, Chicken 
86 
Plucking Poultry 
... 
86 
Purchasing Brood Stock 
... 
176 
Plymouth Rocks 
... 
432 
Pure Varieties v. Mongrels 
... ••• 
18 
,, ,, Breeding 
... 
435 
,, ,, Origin of 
434 
Q. 
,, „ Qualities of 
434 
Quality of Food 
... 
25 
,, ,, White 
436 
Queen, The, and Brahmas ... 
... 
252 
Pneumonia 
199 
Poland Pheasants 
381 
R. 
Polish Fowls .,. 
395 
Railways, Liability of 
... 
162 
,, ,, Black ... 
407 
„ Sending Fowls by 
... ... 
17S 
,, ,, Black-crested White ... 
406 
Rake, Mr., as a Spanish Breeder ... 
,, ,, Black with White Crests 
... 
405 
Rats and Poultry 
... ... 
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