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Biggle's Poultry Book
Jacob Biggle
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Description for Biggle's Poultry Book
Hardcover. Focuses on the management of poultry. This title features more than three hundred million chickens and thirty million other domesticated fowl in the United States. Num Pages: 176 pages, 160 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: TVHP; WNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 330.
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:
Written for the practical farmer who raises poultry and eggs for market,The Biggle Poultry Book will also appeal to collectors of farm ephemera and anyone else who is nostalgic for a simpler way of doing things. Illustrated with sixteen color plates by Louis P. Graham, and hundreds of black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout, The Biggle Poultry Book is as beautiful as it is useful and a treasure for the home library. Show Less
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, geese, and pigeons
- The most common ... Read more
- Raising hens expressly for eggs rather than meat
- The farmer’s flock versus the village hennery
- The art of hatching eggs and caring for chicks
Written for the practical farmer who raises poultry and eggs for market,The Biggle Poultry Book will also appeal to collectors of farm ephemera and anyone else who is nostalgic for a simpler way of doing things. Illustrated with sixteen color plates by Louis P. Graham, and hundreds of black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout, The Biggle Poultry Book is as beautiful as it is useful and a treasure for the home library. Show Less
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781626361478
SKU
V9781626361478
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Jacob Biggle
Jacob Biggle was the author of a series of books known as the Biggle Farm Library published at the turn of the twentieth century. "What this country needs is less hog and hominy and more chicken and celery." -Jacob Biggle
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