PREFACE. 



The "Poultry Book," edited by W. B. TegetmeierJ and illustrated by Harrison 

 Weir, is everywhere recognized as the standard authority on matters pertaining 

 to poultry, and its descriptions, accompanied by Mr. Weir's excellent illustra- 

 tions, have performed an invaluable service in fixing the types of the various 

 breeds of fowls. The high price of this work, however, places it beyond the 

 reach of the average American poulterer, while, moreover, it treats of the sub- 

 ject from an English point of view, and has little or nothing to say upon many 

 questions which are of paramount interest here. 



Of other English and American poultry books little can be said. They are 

 often mere compilations from Mr. Tegetmeier's wprk, only departing from his 

 text to admit gross inaccuracies, or to advertise the compiler's egotism. 



In the compilation of this book, Mr. Tegetmeier's work has been used as the 



basis, and in many places his text has been closely followed, as shown by the 



marginal references. It will be found, however, that many important additions 



have been made, as in that portion of the chapter on the diseases of poultry 



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 which treats of fowl-cholera ; in the description of the newer American breeds, 



and in many points relating to the care and management of fowls. 



C. E. T. 



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