Poultry Book - A Guide for Big or Small Poultry Keepers, Beginners and Farmers
Title | Poultry Book - A Guide for Big or Small Poultry Keepers, Beginners and Farmers PDF eBook |
Author | Harry Roberts |
Publisher | Read Books Ltd |
Total Pages | 225 |
Release | 2013-04-16 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 1447487303 |
This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to keeping poultry on a small and large scale, with detailed information on selection and breeding, feeding, rearing, housing, plucking, and all other related aspects. Contents include: “The Beginner”, “Breeds and Strains”, “Houses and Appliances”, “Foods and Feeding”, “Hatching”, “Rearing”, “Backyard Poultry Keeping”, “Intensive Poultry Keeping”, “Winter Egg Production”, “Day Old Chicks”, “Ducks”, “Turkeys”, “Geese”, “Guinea Fowls”, “Diseases of Poultry”, “Vermin”, “Egg Preserving”, “Killing and Shaping”, “Plucking, Drawing, Trussing”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on poultry farming.
Ward, Lock & Co.'s Poultry Book
Title | Ward, Lock & Co.'s Poultry Book PDF eBook |
Author | Harry Roberts |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 192 |
Release | 1930 |
Genre | Poultry |
ISBN |
Poultry Book
Title | Poultry Book PDF eBook |
Author | Harry Roberts |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 232 |
Release | 1949 |
Genre | Poultry |
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Ward Lock's Poultry Book - A Guide for Small Or Big Poultry Keepers, Beginners and Farmers
Title | Ward Lock's Poultry Book - A Guide for Small Or Big Poultry Keepers, Beginners and Farmers PDF eBook |
Author | Dr Harry Roberts |
Publisher | READ BOOKS |
Total Pages | 224 |
Release | 2010-07 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9781445515601 |
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. Extensively illustrated with text and full page photographs. Contents Include: The Beginner; Breeds and Strains; Houses and Appliances; Foods and Feeding; Hatching; Rearing; Domestic Poultry Keeping; Intensive Poultry Keeping; Winter Egg-Production; Day-Old Chicks; Ducks; Turkeys; Geese; Guinea Fowls; Diseases of Poultry; Enemies of Poultry; Egg-Preserving; Killing and Shaping; Marketing; Accounts; 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.
Ward, Lock & Co's. poultry book: a guide for small or big poultry keepers, beginners and farmers
Title | Ward, Lock & Co's. poultry book: a guide for small or big poultry keepers, beginners and farmers PDF eBook |
Author | Harry Roberts (L.S.A.) |
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Release | 1949 |
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Poultry Book - A Guide for Big Or Small Poultry Keepers, Beginners and Farmers
Title | Poultry Book - A Guide for Big Or Small Poultry Keepers, Beginners and Farmers PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 0 |
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Poultry-Keeping for the Small Poultry-Keeper and General Farmer - With Forty-Four Illustrations
Title | Poultry-Keeping for the Small Poultry-Keeper and General Farmer - With Forty-Four Illustrations PDF eBook |
Author | C. A Flatt |
Publisher | Home Farm Books |
Total Pages | 204 |
Release | 2018-12-14 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9781528710008 |
This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to keeping poultry, domesticated birds kept for their eggs, their meat or their feathers. Written for beginners, it offers simple and illustrated chapters on selecting, housing, feeding, rearing, and generally managing various types of fowl, including chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and more. C. A Flatt's "Poultry-Keeping" will be of of utility to anyone with a practical interest in the subject and is not to be missed by collectors of vintage farming literature. Contents include: "Introduction," "The General Management of Poulty-Different Systems," "The Selection of a Breed," "The Feeding of Poultry," "Poultry Foods," "Houses, Shelters, Runs, and General Equipment," "The Selection of Layers and Breeding for Utility Purposes," "Eggs," "Chicken-rearing," etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on poultry farming.