Publisher's Synopsis
This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to keeping poultry, domesticated birds kept for their eggs, their meat or their feathers. Written for beginners, it offers simple and illustrated chapters on selecting, housing, feeding, rearing, and generally managing various types of fowl, including chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and more. C. A Flatt's "Poultry-Keeping" will be of of utility to anyone with a practical interest in the subject and is not to be missed by collectors of vintage farming literature. Contents include: "Introduction", "The General Management of Poulty-Different Systems", "The Selection of a Breed", "The Feeding of Poultry", "Poultry Foods", "Houses, Shelters, Runs, and General Equipment", "The Selection of Layers and Breeding for Utility Purposes", "Eggs", "Chicken-rearing", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on poultry farming.
