TWENTY LESSONS ON 

 POULTRY KEEPING 



LESSOR I 

 The OpiGiN AND HisTOEY OF Fowls 



Many hundreds of years ago, before dawn of civili- 



on, man lived by hunting and fishing. When he had 

 caught and killed all the game in any one place, it became 

 necessary for him to move to another region, where he could 

 find a fresh food supply. But finally he became tired of 

 this wandering life and decided to settle down and live in 

 one place which he could call home. Then, in order to be 

 sure of having enough to eat, he was forced to tame s(jnie 

 animals and to cultivate some plants for food. 



It is thought that the fowl was one of the first animals 

 to be domesticated, or tamed. Perhaps that was because a 

 fowl, once caught and its wing feathers clipped, could not 

 get away as easily as other animals. Whatever the reason, 

 it is certain that many hundreds of years ago wild Aseel and 

 Jungle fowls were captured and tamed by the tribes of 

 India. 



Open your geographies and find India. Many cen- 

 turies ago, men wandered from that country across the 

 Himalaya ilountains into China. With them, they took 

 some tamed Aseel fowls. These fowls were large, angular 



