Our Domestic Birds: Elementary Lessons in AvicultureRobinson, John H. (John Henry)
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Our Domestic Birds: Elementary Lessons in Aviculture
Robinson, John H. (John Henry)
Cage birds; Pigeons; Poultry
X. TURKEYS 179
Description--Origin--Common turkeys--Improved
varieties--Bronze Turkeys--Influence of the Bronze Turkey on
other varieties--Other varieties of the turkey--Place of the
turkey in domestication
XI. MANAGEMENT OF TURKEYS 190
Size of flocks--Shelters and yards--Feeding--Breeding season
and laying habits--Hatching and rearing
XII. GUINEAS 201
Description--Origin--Varieties--Place in
domestication--Management of domestic guineas
XIII. PEAFOWLS 206
Description--Origin--Place in domestication--Management
XIV. PHEASANTS 211
Description--Origin--History in America--Species and
varieties--Place in domestication--Management of pheasants
in confinement
XV. SWANS 222
Description--Origin and history in domestication--Place in
domestication--Management
XVI. OSTRICHES 230
Description--Origin and history in domestication--Place in
domestication--Management
XVII. PIGEONS 239
Description--Origin--Distribution in ancient times--Improved
varieties--The Carrier Pigeon--The Antwerp Homer--Tumbler
and Tippler Pigeons--The Fantail Pigeon--Pouter
Pigeons--Other important types--History in
domestication--Place in domestication
XVIII. MANAGEMENT OF PIGEONS 255
Size of flock--Quarters for pigeons--Ventilation and
cleanliness--Handling pigeons--Mating pigeons--Feeding--How
pigeons rear their young
XIX. CANARIES 269
Description--Origin--Improvement in domestication--Place in
domestication--Management of canaries: Cages--Position of
the Cage--Feeding--Care--Breeding
XX. DISTRIBUTION OF MARKET PRODUCTS 275
Producers, consumers, and middlemen--How the middleman
enters local trade--Additional middlemen--How the demand for
poultry products stimulates production--Losses in
distribution--Cold storage of poultry products--Methods of
selling at retail--Volume of products
XXI. EXHIBITIONS AND THE FANCY TRADE 291
Conditions in the fancy trade--Exhibitions--Rudiments of
judging--Disqualifications--Methods of judging--Exhibition
quality and value--Why good breeders have much low-priced
stock--Fancy and utility types in the same variety
XXII. OCCUPATIONS RELATED TO AVICULTURE 304
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