Reseña del libro "The Beginner In Poultry: The Zest and the Profit In Poultry Growing (en Inglés)"
This special re-print edition of the C.S. Valentine's book "The Beginner In Poultry" is a guide to raising poultry of all types successfully, be it for use at home or for profit. Included are not only sections on Chickens, but also Turkeys, Ducks and Geese. The book is intended as a truly complete guide for the beginner and at over 450 pages, delivers on its promise as being a truly complete guide. Written in 1912, this classic text on poultry sheds light on the information that the start-up poultry fancier needs to learn if they wish to have success. Topics include What Makes a Poultryman?, Making The Real Start, Choosing Breeds, Hatching and Brooding With The Mother Hen, Artifical Incubation For Beginners, Handling and Feeding Chicks, Studying Feed Values, How To Prevent Poultry Diseases, Types of Modern Poultry Housing, The Ideal Bird, Line Breeding and Mendel's Law, Records For Future Study, Profit And Loss, Studying Eggs, Practical Laying Contests, Ducks and Geese, Turkeys, Guinea Fowl and Quail, Slaughtering and Dressing Poultry, Feathers and the Molt and much more. Lavishly illustrated with rare period photographs. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.
