INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



mismanagement in breeding and feeding ; and the 

 Chapters on Turkeys and Geese will show many how to 

 rear those larger birds to good advantage^ and make the 

 best prices by having their birds ready at times, when 

 high prices are realised and also how to manage them, 

 so that the corn bill is reduced to the minimum by killing 

 at the most advantageous time, and so avoid keeping them 

 to no purpose. Diseases, their prevention and cure, are 

 dealt with fully, the symptoms being shown, and the 

 proper precautions in cases of infectious diseases being 

 given, so that the danger might be reduced to the lowest 

 point and many birds saved, which, if no care were taken, 

 would be lost. 



The question of sharp grit for poultry — always an 

 important matter — is fully dealt with, and as many people 

 do not think how important the proper supply of this 

 most necessary article is, the book will prove a further 

 warning even in this matter. 



The Author's other publications, viz : — " Practical Poultry 

 Breeder and Feeder : or, how to make Poultry pay ; " " The 

 Book on Ducks, and how to make them pay;" "The 

 Horse : its keep and management ; " have proved very 

 useful to the public, and he indulges the hope that this 

 further contribution to his works will meet the great 

 need and necessity it is written to deal with. He is 

 willing, if any reader should desire further information, to 

 give it, if application is made by letter, enclosing a 

 stamped and addressed envelope for reply, to Orpington 

 House St. Mary Cray, Kent. 



