Our Domestic Birds

About this eBook

Author

Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935

Title

Our Domestic Birds: Elementary Lessons in Aviculture

Credits

Produced by Peter Vachuska, Stephen H. Sentoff, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

SF: Agriculture: Animal culture

Subject

Cage birds

Category

Text

eBook-No.

34376

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34376

Release Date

November 22, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.CHAPTER I BIRDS AND THEIR RELATIONS TO MAN
5. 5.CHAPTER II CHARACTERS AND HABITS OF BIRDS RELATED TO USE
6. 6.CHAPTER III SPECIES AND THEIR DIVISIONS IN DOMESTIC BIRDS
7. 7.CHAPTER IV FOWLS
8. 8.CHAPTER V MANAGEMENT OF FOWLS — Small Flocks on Town Lots — Small Flocks on Ordinary Farms — Large Stocks on General Farms — Intensive Poultry Farms — Broiler Growing — Roaster Growing — Intensive Egg Farming — Poultry Fanciers' Farms
9. 9.CHAPTER VI DUCKS
10. 10.CHAPTER VII MANAGEMENT OF DUCKS — Small Flocks on Town Lots — Small Flocks on Farms — Market Duck Farms — Duck Fanciers' Methods
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII GEESE
12. 12.CHAPTER IX MANAGEMENT OF GEESE — Small Farm Flocks — Large Flocks of Geese on Farms — Goose-Fattening Farms — Growing Thoroughbred Geese for Exhibition — Growing a Few Geese on a Town Lot — Growing Wild Geese in Captivity
13. 13.CHAPTER X TURKEYS
14. 14.CHAPTER XI MANAGEMENT OF TURKEYS
15. 15.CHAPTER XII GUINEAS
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII PEAFOWLS
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV PHEASANTS
18. 18.CHAPTER XV SWANS
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI OSTRICHES
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII PIGEONS
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII MANAGEMENT OF PIGEONS
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX CANARIES — Management of Canaries
23. 23.CHAPTER XX DISTRIBUTION OF MARKET PRODUCTS
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI EXHIBITIONS AND THE FANCY TRADE
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII OCCUPATIONS RELATED TO AVICULTURE
26. 26.INDEX
27. 27.Transcriber's Notes.

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