Author: HASTINGS, MILO M.
Title: The Dollar Hen
Description: New York : Arcadia Press, 1909.. FIRST EDITION 216 p.,num. charts, map 19,5 x 13 cm. HARDCOVER: (Orig. cloth, decorated, band bit stained, darkened and lightly shaved at the corners. Interior VERY GOOD) ¶ VERY RARE AND SOUGHT AFTER FIRST EDITION Dollar Hen s America's classic handbook on free-range egg production., it walks the reader through valuable concepts available in no other source. With an emphasis on simplicity, practicality, and synergy between hens, crops, soil, and farmer, the book is a timeless guide to poultry farming as it ought to be practiced. The 16 Chapters deal with: Is there money in the poultry business?, What branch of the poultry business, Poultry producing community, Where to locate, Dollar hen farm, Incubation, Feeding, Diseases, Flesh and fattening, Marketing, Quality in eggs, Marketing eggs, Breeds, Practical and scientific breeding, Experiment station work, Poultry on the the general farm.

Keywords: North America U.S.A. pluimveeteelt Poultry Eggs biology Economy Food production


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