| Description |
1 online resource (168 pages) |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents.; List of Colored Plates; Chapter I. Introduction; Parts of the Chicken; Heads and Combs; Chapter II. The Egg; Chapter III. Eggs fFor Hatching; Chapter IV. Hatching the Eggs; Chapter V. Chicks with Hens; Chapter VI. Chicks with Brooders; Chapter VII. Early Broilers; Chapter VIII. Hens Expressly for Eggs; Chapter IX. The Farmer's Flock; Chapter X. He Village Hennery; Chapter XI. Breeds of Chickens; Chapter XII. Turkeys and Guinea-Fowls; Chapter XIII. Ducks; Chapter XIV. Geese; Chapter XV. Pigeons; Chapter XVI. Fattening and Marketing. |
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Chapter XVII. Diseases and EnemiesIndex. |
| Summary |
When Jacob Biggle first published his book on the management of poultry, there were more than 300 million chickens and 30 million other domesticated fowl in the United States. Today, the trend continues with thousands if not millions of chickens and other fowl being raised in suburban and urban backyards across America. Biggle's aim was to "help farmers and villagers conduct the poultry business with pleasure and profit." To that end, this handy little volume contains all the information the reader needs to know, such as:The various breeds of chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, ducks. |
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Poultry farms -- Management.
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Poultry breeds.
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Poultry -- Variation.
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Poultry.
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NATURE -- Reference.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Biggle, Jacob. Biggle Poultry Book : A Concise and Practical Treatise on the Management of Farm Poultry. New York : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., ©2013 9781626361478 |
| ISBN |
9781628734379 (electronic bk.) |
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162873437X (electronic bk.) |
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