The Complete Poultry Book A Manual For The American Poultry Yard

Author : Charles Embree Thorne
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330401576
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Poultry Book written by Charles Embree Thorne and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Complete Poultry Book: A Manual for the American Poultry Yard The "Poultry Book," edited by W. B. Tegetmeier; and illustrated by Harrison Weir, la everywhere recognised as the standard authority on matters pertaining to poultry, and its descriptions, accompanied by Mr. Weir's excellent illustrations, have performed an invaluable service in fixing the types of the various breeds of fowls. The high price of this work, however, places it beyond the reach of the average American poulterer, while, moreover, it treats of the subject from an English point of view, and has little or nothing to say upon many questions which are of paramount interest here. Of other English and American poultry books little can be said. They are often mere compilations from Mr. Tegetmeier's work, only departing from bis text to admit gross inaccuracies, or to advertise the compiler's egotism. In the compilation of this hook, Mr. Tegetmeier's work has been used as the basis, and in many places his text has been closely followed, as shown by the marginal references. It will he found, however, that many important additions have been made, as in that portion of the chapter on the diseases of poultry which treats of fowl-cholera; in the description of the newer American breeds, and in many points relating to the care and management of fowls. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.