THE 



AMERICAN POULTRY YARD; 



COMPRISING THE 



ORIGIN, HISTORY, AND DESCRIPTION 



OF THE DIFFERENT BREEDS 



OF 



DOMESTIC POULTRY; 



WITH 



. 



COMPLETE DIRECTIONS FOR THEIR BREEDING, CROSSING, REARING 

 FATTENING, AND PREPARATION FOR MARKET; INCLUDING SPE- 

 CIFIC DIRECTIONS FOR CAPONISING FOWLS, AND FOR 

 THE TREATMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES TO 

 WHICH THEY ARE SUBJECT; DRAWN FROM 

 AUTHENTIC SOURCES AND PER- 

 SONAL OBSERVATION; 



ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS. 



B Y D . J . B R O W N E .:--, ; " 



AUTHOR OF THE SYLVA AMERICANA. 



WITH 



AN APPENDtl, 



EMBRACING THE COMPARATIVE MERITS OF DIFFERENT 

 BREEDS OF FOWLS, 



BY SAMUEL ALLEN. 



NEW YORK : 



PUBLISHED BY C. M. SAXT^DN. 

 1850. 



