AGRia 

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TO THE PUBLIC. 



TOE undersigned, feeling deeply interested in the improvement of our Domestic 

 Poultry, and in the introduction of valuable foreign breeds; and believing that the 

 public require a faithful, practical, and reliable treatise on the subject, covering the 

 entire ground which hitherto has not been consummated, in consequence of the sud- 

 den and extensive influx of new breeds of fowls, most cheerfully recommends the 

 present work of T. B. MINER, Esq., as one embracing most of the breeds worthy of 

 especial notice, and far more complete than any work that has preceded it. Many of 

 the most valuable breeds, of which full histories are given in Mr. Miner's book, were 

 comparatively unknown in America, even BO late as the publication of " The Poultry 

 Book." That the sources from which Mr. Miner has derived the most of his matter 

 as shown forth in his Treatise, are reliable and of a character to ensure a great 

 popularity for his book, I can freely attest. His correspondents are mostly known to 

 me as honorable, well informed, and extensive breeders, and, as the Author of a work 

 on the same subject " The Poultry Book," and with the most extensive means of 

 judging of the merits of such productions, I can truly say that Mr. Miner's work is 

 the most reliable, practical, and complete that now exists in the English or any 

 other language, on the same subject. 



Mr. Miner's book contains all the practical information which I intended to embody 

 in the subsequent editions of my Poultry Book, and I, therefore, advise all of my 

 friends who have been expecting from ine a new and improved work, to avail them- 

 selves of Mr. Miner's Treatise, as I shall not publish any future edition of my book. 



JOHN C. BENNETT, M. D., 



Author of " The Poultry Book." 



FOBT DKS MOIKES, POLK COUNTY, IOWA, J 



December, 1852. ) 



Dr. Bennett resides at present (Jan., 1858,) at Great Falls, N. H., but he contem- 

 plates removing to Iowa early next spring, consequently he dates from the latter 

 Place. T . B . M , 



