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The Poultry-Keeper's Text Book

The Poultry-Keeper's Text Book

Hardcover

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ISBN10: 1445515032
ISBN13: 9781445515038
Publisher: Lulu Pr
Published: Jul 27 2010
Pages: 310
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This early work on poultry husbandry is a fascinating read for any poultry enthusiast, but also contains much information that is still useful and practical today. It will prove of much interest to the amateur poultry keeper as well as those in the field of agriculture. With 75 Illustrations and Large-scale Diagrammatic Plans. Contents Include: Origin of Breeds; Classification of Breeds; Breeding; Systems of Poultry-Keeping; Housing; Feeding; Hatching; Rearing; Day-old Chicks and Conveyance of Live Poultry; The Egg Trade; Fattening; Marketing Table Poultry; Ducks, Geese and Turkeys; General Information-Artificial Lighting for Laying Houses, Etc.; Diseases; Soils Characteristics and Land Drainage; Measuring Land; Poultry Manure; Weights and Measures; Glossary of Terms; Agricultural Colleges and Farms; and Index. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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