POUIyTRY, 



Chapter XXXY 



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BISEE3DS .i^JSTD BREEDING. 



Introductory Remarks — Houdans — Cheveckkuhs — Cochins— Plymouth Rocks 

 — Polish Fowls — Brahmas — Silkies — Frizzled Fowls — Rumeless Ban- 

 tams—East India Fowls — Aseels — Sebright and Pekin Bantams — Se- 

 bastopol Geese — Nile Geese — Black-Beaked Turkey — Ducks. 



IT may seem 

 singular,, but 

 is neverthe- 

 less strikingly 

 true, that the 

 Egg and Poultry 

 interest is really 

 the largest single 

 branch of pro- 

 duction in this 

 country. On this 

 account we have 

 made a special 

 effort to present 

 in this depart- 

 ment a concise 

 and complete 



synopsis, from reliable sources, of the most useful and profitable 

 breeds of fowls, and also such general hints and directions in the 

 raising of poultry and the incubation of eggs, as will be of assistance 

 to all those Who are engaged therein* together with an extensive 

 and elaborate list of illustrations of representative fowls and of vari- 

 ous styles of incubators and poultry houses, which have been pre- 

 pared with great care and expense. 



To demonstrate our assertion , in regard to the extent of the 

 poultry interest in this country, we need only cite the fact that 



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