MINER'S 



DOMESTIC POULTRY BOOK: 



A TBEATISE ON THE 



HISTORY, BREEDING, AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT 



FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FOWLS, 



BT 



T. B. MINER, 



Author of the "American Bee-keeper's Manual," & Editor of the "Northern Farmer." 



EMBRACING 



All the late Importations of Fowls, and being descriptions by the best Fowl Fanciers 



in the United States, of all the most valuable breeds, with the Author's 



extensive experience as a breeder, together with selected matter of 



interest, comprising, as it is believed, the most complete 



and authentic work on the subject ever published. 



ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS PORTRAITS FROM LIFE. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

 I PUBLISHED BY GEO. W. FISHER, 



ALSO, A. S. BARNE3 & Co., NEW YORK. B. B. MU3SEY, BOSTON, 



J. W. MOORE, PHILADELPHIA. J. B. STEELE. NEW 



ORLEANS. H. W. DERBY, CINCINNATI. 



1853. 



