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PUBLISHERS’ PREFACE. 
As denoted by the title of the book, the editors have given most 
prominence to the side of poultry keeping which returns an income. 
The ways and means by which eggs or poultry can be grown at a 
profit are discussed in great detail. So many questions are constantly 
asked about the various breeds and also concerning diseases and 
their treatment, that these topics have been quite fully considered. 
The turkey department has been made as complete as possible on 
account of the increasing interest in that branch of poultry keeping. 
Incubators, care of chicks, feeding and care for eggs, or for meat, 
building coops and houses, caponizing, marketing, warfare against 
pests, raising waterfowl and ornamental poultry, are described at 
length. The reference matter and tables are a special feature of the 
book, The present volume is nearly one-third larger than any 
previous edition. 
Experience of breeders and poultry farmers has been drawn upon 
freely, resulting in that breadth of view which can be obtained only 
by comparison of successful methods in actual practice. Among 
those who have directly assisted in furnishing the new matter are 
many of the foremost poultry experts and specialists of the present 
time. The entire material has been carefully prepared by Mr. George 
B. Fiske, poultry editor American Agriculturist. About 100 pages 
and many illustrations have been added to the new and enlarged 
edition, but without any increase in the price of this useful book. 
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