Publisher's Synopsis
This special re-print edition of Micahjah Cook's book "The American Poultry Book" is a complete guide to raising Poultry. Written in 1843, this classic text on poultry contains all basics about how poultry were raised in the early 19th century. Topics include Different Breeds of Poultry, The Advantages of Confinement, The Poultry Yard, Various Plans For Housing, The Arrangement of Perches, Netboxes, The Egg and Its Incubation, First Foods for Chickens, Fattening Chickens For Meat, Fattening Coops, Capons, Chicken Diseases, The Duck, The Goose, The Turkey, The Peacock, Guinea Fowl, Pigeons and Squabs, Pheasants and more. 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.
