This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ... winter months, and when fowls are confined in comparatively small houses and yards, it will be best to feed meat in some form. "Vegetable foods, even though furnishing equal amounts of all nutrients and in the proportions considered suitable, are shown to be much inferior to animal foods furnishing the same amounts of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ... winter months, and when fowls are confined in comparatively small houses and yards, it will be best to feed meat in some form. "Vegetable foods, even though furnishing equal amounts of all nutrients and in the proportions considered suitable, are shown to be much inferior to animal foods furnishing the same amounts of nutrients and in the same proportions." Fresh bones, which may be obtained from meat markets, if finely cut with bone-cutters (Figs. 53, 54), make one of the best, if not the best, of meat foods for laying hens. This is also excellent for little chickens. Many poultrymen, however, cannot depend upon the local meat markets for their supply, particularly during the warm weather. After the bones have become tainted they should be rejected as unfit for poultry food. When fresh bones cannot be obtained, animal meal may be relied on for satisfactory results. Only meal that is guaranteed wholesome should be procured. A good quality will generally contain about 10 per cent of nitrogen. This meal should be dry enough Eighth Annual Report, Mass. Hatch Experiment Station. Fig. 53. A bone-cutter. Fig. 54. Another style of bonecutter. to keep well for several seasons if necessity requires. Canned meat foods, specially prepared for poultry, are on the market. These give satisfactory results under ordinary conditions, but are usually found to be somewhat more expensive than the animal meals. Some of the so-called poultry meat foods that are preserved in tin cans, consist largely of liver. Skim milk.--Skim milk may be substituted, wholly or in part, for meat food without a marked decrease in egg production, provided the proper grain ration is given. In order to substitute milk entirely for meat, it will probably be necessary to give the fowls milk ...
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Add this copy of Farm Poultry. a Popular Sketch of Domestic Fowls for to cart. $33.80, very good condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1917 by Macmillan.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo. x, 369pp, index, appendix, num bw ills. Or green cloth with black title and orange borders. Prev owners name in pencil on front free endpaper, some occasional light toning. Loosely inserted news clipping has caused offset toning on pp74-75. A beautiful clean bright copy of this 90 year old classic. Covers meat and egg breeds, as well as fancy breeds like bantams and silkies. Also covers poultry as a business, buildings for fowls, diseases and pests, bewwding and improvement, feeding as well as preparation and marketing. In addition to chickens the book deals with ducks, geese, turkeys, peafowl, pigeons and more.
Add this copy of Farm Poultry. a Popular Sketch of Domestic Fowls for to cart. $43.10, very good condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1904 by Macmillan.
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Very Good. 8vo. x, 341pp + publishers list at rear, bw ills. Or blue cloth. Cloth lightly rubbed with a couple of light spots, short tear to top margin of 2 pages. Nice copy of this vintage poultry title. Includes sections on egg, meat and general purpose chickens as well as turkeys, ducks, geese, guinea fowl and peafowl. Also sections of feeding, breeding, housing, dressing and marketing. Volume in the Rural Science Series.
Add this copy of Farm Poultry; a Popular Sketch of Domestic Fowls for to cart. $68.07, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Wentworth Press.
