Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition.

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Well-bred Fowls--Choice of Breed--Signs of Age--Breeding in-and-in--Number of Hens to one Cock--Choice of a Cock--To prevent Cocks from fighting--Choice of a Hen--Improved Breeds--Origin of Breeds--Crossing--Choice of Breeding Stock--Keeping a Breed pure.