This fascinating work is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of all poultry enthusiasts. Equally as valuable to an amateur poultry keeper as to those in the agricultural industry its 164 pages contain a wealth of information and anecdote on a variety of aspects of poultry husbandry. It focuses mainly on commercial poultry-keeping and acts as a simple, practical guide to the everyday work of the poultry-farmer. Contents Include: Planning a Poultry Enterprise - General planning, Choosing a breed, Improvement policies, Obtaining stock, Principles of poultry feeding, Summary of planning; The Growing Flock - Nutrition and growth, Date of hatching, The brooder house and equipment, Management of brooder chicks, Growing poultry on range, Common ailments of young chickens; The Laying Flock - Factors in egg production, Laying houses, Feeding the laying flock, Culling the laying flock, Ailments of laying hens; Turkeys and Water Fowl - Turkey breeding, Sources of stock, Incubation, Brooding and rearing turkeys, Confinement rearing, Range rearing, Ailments of turkeys, Rearing of ducks, Rearing of geese; Marketing Poultry Products - Market poultry production, Preparing poultry for market, Production of market eggs, The structure of an egg, Egg quality and grading. 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.
