For anyone interested in starting a small-scale poultry operation or looking to expand an existing one, this book is an indispensable guide. Covering everything from selecting the right breeds to caring for your birds and marketing your products, The Practical Management of Poultry provides clear and practical advice for anyone looking to succeed in this exciting field. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... number of birds and commence at once to keep poultry on a large scale. He should commence in a small way, keeping only a few flocks at first, and gradually increase the number when he has satisfied himself of the financial success of the venture. It is most essential that from the very commencement a strict account should be kept of all expenses and receipts. There must be no guess work--nothin must be taken for granted. It will then be an easy matter to make a balance sheet at the end of the year, and ascertain whether a profit has been made. I am acquainted with an extensive agriculturist, who by a very simple system of management draws over 120 per annum from his poultry. This gentleman has very kindly placed at my disposal full particulars of his methods of management. He tells me he lays himself out entirely for egg production, only rearing enough chickens to replace old birds, and keep up his flocks to the required numbers. He possesses ten separate homesteads, and at each homestead 100 laying hens are kept, with six or eight male birds, making a total of about 1070 in all. They have the entire run of the homestead at each place, and also the adjoining fields and meadows. In reply to my question whether the fowls committed any damage to the growing crops in the adjacent fields, he said, that of course they did do a certain amount of damage, but it was of such a trifling nature as to be of little consequence. Every flock of fowls is allowed two bushels of sound head corn, or its equivalent in tailing corn, per week, or 13. quarters per annum, valued at 14 6s. od. This gentleman believes that where fowls are kept for egg production, and have the advantage of a free range, their food should be limited to a certain fixed quantity, ..

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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. The contents are extensively illustrated with text and full page photographs. Contents Include: Foreword; Preface; Introductory; Various Profitable Sidelines of the Industry; Systems of Poultry-Keeping; Houses and Housing; Selection of Breeds for Egg Production; Food and Feeding; Commencing Operations; Seasonable Work; Natural and Artificial Incubation; Natural and Artificial Rearing; Table Poultry Production; Selection and Culling; Breeding and Rearing Turkeys; Water-Fowl Production; Markets and Marketing of Produce; Diseases and Their Prevention; and an 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.