Opinions of the Press. 



Hampstead Express, Feb. 20. 



We consider it not only a desirable acquisition to the library of the British farmer, 

 but also of value as regards the ordinary poultry fancier, who possibly may be led to 

 see the error of his ways, and to endeavour to amend them. 



Salisbury Journal. 



Everyone who is interested in the practical side of poultry rearing ought to read 

 the book. The chapter on " fallacies of poultry farming " is especially important in 

 view of the seemingly conclusive proofs the author brings forward in support of his 

 statement that, " to produce poultry and eggs in large quantities for the market, and 

 as part of the food supply of the country, has never yet been made to pay when 

 carried on as a separate business, and liable to be charged with all the outgoings that 

 are necessarily incurred." 



The Queen. 



An interesting chapter is that devoted to the keeping of fowls in small runs by 

 suburban residents. These attempts are usually successful in the first instance, the 

 fowls when bought being young, healthy, and vigorous, but if ept on the ground it 

 becomes tainted, and the laying falls off very much. By adopting a more rational 

 system, Mr. Tegetmeier shows the mode in which, even in an area of somewhat 

 limited size, a few fowls can be kept for egg production with moderate success. This 

 is to be accomplished by a succession of new pullets ; by careful feeding, with the 

 elimination of all fat house scraps ; the abundance of green food, with a constant 

 renewal of fresh earth, and of means to be adopted whereby the fowls should not pick 

 their food from the tainted ground. 



NOTICES OF THE SECOND EDITION. 



Pall Mall Gazette, July 26, 1893. 



Mr. Tegetmeier, veteran judge as he is, having come, like many other poultry 

 keepers, to the conclusion that exhibitions are demoralising and ruining to fowls, is 

 endeavouring to reintroduce common sense into the craft. He treats of the production 

 of eggs and chickens purely as a business — a business, we might add, in which English 

 peasants and farmers are not, and never have been, very expert. Mr. Tegetmeier 

 makes capital fun of the ludicrous fictions printed every now and then concerning 

 gigantic poultry farms that do not exist, except in the imagination of the writers. 



Gardener's Chronicle, July 8, 1893. 



That this work has reached a second edition is in itself a proof of its practical . 

 utility. The author has improved it with additional chapters and illustrations, and it 

 is altogether a book which every poultry-fancier should obtain. 



Poultry, June 6, 1893. 



This is the second edition of Mr. Tegetmeier's well-known work, and if anything 

 was wanting to prove its worth and success it is in the fact that a second edition has 

 been so soon called for. ... In the present issue we find a valuable chapter on 

 " Showing and Trussing Dead Poultry," with illustrations. . . . Good as the first 

 edition was, the second is greatly enhanced in value by the additions we have mentioned, 

 such being well worth the price of the whole book, which is one of the best text-books 

 on the subject that we have come across ; we heartily recommend it. 



