Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition.
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POULTRY
A
Practical Guide
CHOICE, BREEDING, REARING, AND MANAGEMENT
CHOICE, BREEDING, REARING, AND MANAGEMENT
FOWLS, TURKEYS, GUINEA-FOWLS, DUCKS, AND GEESE,
PROFIT AND EXHIBITION.
HUGH PIPER,
ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT COLOURED PLATES.
ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT COLOURED PLATES.
Fourth Edition.
LONDON: GROOMBRIDGE & SONS.
LONDON: BARRETT, SONS AND CO., PRINTERS, SEETHING LANE.
LONDON: BARRETT, SONS AND CO., PRINTERS, SEETHING LANE.
PROFIT AND EXHIBITION.
HUGH PIPER,
ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT COLOURED PLATES.
ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT COLOURED PLATES.
Fourth Edition.
LONDON: GROOMBRIDGE & SONS.
LONDON: BARRETT, SONS AND CO., PRINTERS, SEETHING LANE.
LONDON: BARRETT, SONS AND CO., PRINTERS, SEETHING LANE.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
GENERAL MANAGEMENT.
BREEDS.
GENERAL MANAGEMENT.
BREEDS.
LIST OF PLATES.
PROFITABLE AND ORNAMENTAL
POULTRY.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER II.
THE FOWL-HOUSE.
THE FOWL-HOUSE.
CHAPTER III.
THE FOWL-YARD.
THE FOWL-YARD.
CHAPTER IV.
FOOD.
FOOD.
CHAPTER V.
EGGS.
EGGS.
CHAPTER VI.
THE SITTING HEN.
THE SITTING HEN.
CHAPTER VII.
REARING AND FATTENING FOWLS.
REARING AND FATTENING FOWLS.
CHAPTER VIII.
STOCK, BREEDING, AND CROSSING.
STOCK, BREEDING, AND CROSSING.
CHAPTER IX.
POULTRY SHOWS.
TECHNICAL TERMS.
POULTRY SHOWS.
TECHNICAL TERMS.
CHAPTER X.
COCHIN-CHINAS, OR SHANGHAES.
COCHIN-CHINAS, OR SHANGHAES.
CHAPTER XI.
BRAHMA-POOTRAS.
BRAHMA-POOTRAS.
CHAPTER XII.
MALAYS.
MALAYS.
CHAPTER XIII.
GAME.
GAME.
CHAPTER XIV.
DORKINGS.
DORKINGS.
CHAPTER XV.
SPANISH.
SPANISH.
CHAPTER XVI.
HAMBURGS.
HAMBURGS.
CHAPTER XVII.
POLANDS.
POLANDS.
CHAPTER XVIII.
BANTAMS.
BANTAMS.
CHAPTER XIX.
FRENCH AND VARIOUS.
FRENCH AND VARIOUS.
CHAPTER XX.
TURKEYS.
TURKEYS.
CHAPTER XXI.
GUINEA-FOWLS.
GUINEA-FOWLS.
CHAPTER XXII.
DUCKS.
DUCKS.
CHAPTER XXIII.
GEESE.
GEESE.
CHAPTER XXIV.
DISEASES.
Moulting.
DISEASES.
Moulting.
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