Publisher's Synopsis
This special re-print edition of William Cook's book "Practical Poultry Breeder and Feeder - or How To Make Poultry Pay" is a complete guide to raising poultry the old fashioned way, be it for pleasure, eggs, meat or for profit. Written in England in 1895, this classic text on poultry contains a treasury of knowledge on poultry. Chapters include General Remarks on Poultry Keeping, Poultry Houses and Runs, The Treatment of Broody Hens, The Best Fowls To Keep, Feeding Poultry, How To Breed Poultry and What to Breed From, Distinct Varieties of Poultry, Bantams, Cross Bred Fowl, Surey and Sussex Fowls, Poultry Farming and Poultry Keeping, Fattening Fowls For The Table, Birs For the Show Room, Poultry Diseases, Preserving Eggs and more.. Considered one of the most authoritative books ever published on poultry. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.
