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The Call of the Hen: Or the Science of the Selecting and Breeding Poultry for Egg-Production
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some errors may persist, however we consider it worth publishing due to the work's historical value.
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About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some errors may persist, however we consider it worth publishing due to the work's historical value.
The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase.
154 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1913
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February 14, 2012
A very useful book on raising poultry even if it was written a century ago. Interesting commentary on the work ethic of poultry farmers of the time. My favorite quote:
Wisdom for the ages there. Good even for our own "holiday-making age".
"To those who are qualified for the work poultry keeping offers a good living, but to the idle, the thriftless, or the pleasure seekers of this holiday-making age, it offers more desolate prospects than any other trade or profession. In this business, nothing but dogged determination will enable the beginner to climb the rugged, precipitous path to success, and anyone who is lacking in this essential, or who is afraid of hard, continuous work, will save himself the obloquy of failure by choosing some other field in which to exercise his powers."
Wisdom for the ages there. Good even for our own "holiday-making age".
May 22, 2016
A good book on selecting hens and cocks for selective breeding for desired traits such as egg production, dual, meat, etc... I did not use all of the techniques i.e. prepotency techniques since that has been proven to be not very effective. However, I extenstively used capacity, type, and condition techniques outlined in thr book. Those techniques have proven extremely helpful on my flock breeding. I highly recomend this book in conjunction with "Mating and Breeding Poultry" by Harry M. Lamon if you are new to poultry breeding.
November 18, 2016
Excellent book, only thing is it's too short! I want more.
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