Excerpt from For Prizes and Profit: Comprising Directions for the Proper Mating of Birds to Produce Desired Results, Descriptions of Every Variety of Poultry, and Instruction for the Breeding, Rearing, and Management of Poultry, in Health and Disease, for the Exhibition Pen or the MarketIN introducing to the public this, the first part of a treatise upon Poultry, it is believed that a want will be supplied which has long existed - that of an inexpensive and practical work for the assist ance of amateurs in the selection and production of specimens somewhat nearer the standard than the great majority of birds exhibited at our Poultry Shows. The fact that many improve ments have been made, and new varieties and points introduced since the publication of any comprehensive work, was an additional inducement to the Author to commence the present series.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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