THE 



AMERICAN POULTRY YARD; 



COMPRISING THE 



DR.IGIN, HISTORY, AND DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT 

 BREEDS OF 



JBonuatu IPoultvg; 



WITH 



Complete Directions for their Breeding, Crossing, Rearing, 



Fattening, and Preparation for Market ; 



Including Specific Directions for Caponising Fowls, and for the 



Treatment of the Principal Diseases to which they are subject. 



DRAWN FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES AND PERSONAL OBSERVATION 



Illustrated by Numerous Engravings 



By D. J. BROWNE. 



With an Appendix, embracing the Comparative Merits of 

 Different Breed of Fowls) 



By SAMUEL ALLEN. 



Price $>1, in cloth — 75 cts, with paper covers. 



Published by C. OT- SAXTON, 15£ Fulton Street, N. Y 



OPINIONS OP THE PRESS. 



Mr. Browne was bred and brought up a practical farmer. From his intimate know 

 ledge of the history and habits of our domestic animals, havings devoted, probably, 

 more attention to the subject, as a whole, by reading and observation, than any other 

 individual in the country, the task of preparing this work was assigned to him.-* 

 Salem Register. 



The style of the engravings and the mechanical execution of the work are excellent 

 — Maine Farmer, 



An extensive work on poultry, embracing every information desired. — JV. H. Tela 

 graph. 



We commend the book and the subject to the thoughts of farmers. — Ft. Watchman 



Every one who may purchase a copy, upon a perusal of the same, will be fully satis 

 fled that their money was well spent. — Bristol Phaniz. 



It is one of tho best treatises on the Domestic Fowl ever published. — Neyi-Hav. 

 Palladium. 



The details into which this book enters, on all the subjects connected with the pro 

 fitahle raising of fowls, are precisely of that minute, and practical character which If 

 needed. — JV. Y. Evangelist. 



We are glad to see that the evident demand for information on the subject oz 

 rearing Domestic Fowls has called out so valuable a work as the one before us.— JV. T. 

 Daily Tribune - . *. •'■< r ,..[■•!,,. ^ , 



It contains matter to interest and instruct upon almost everything that concerns thft 

 poultry yard, and bears the impress in its pages that its editor was well qualified to 

 fulfill the task he undertook. — American Farmer. hi , 



It is the most complete book of its class ever published, and quite indispensable U. 

 all who are interested in raising poultry.-— Charleston, S., ,C, Weekly Gazette. 



No farmer among us would remain a day longer without the work, did he but kno 

 Its value. — Railway Register. 



It is unquestionably the cheapest and best work of the kind extant, and should ha 

 % place in every farmer's libraryv— •Oermantovm, Ohio, Gazette. 



"The volume is enriched by an Appendix from the the pen of Mr. Samuel Allen, an 

 experienced breeder of fowls, who has taken mach pains to improve the stock in this 

 country.— JV. Y. IVeeldy Tribune. ' "i '■' ' 



