Author: Pratt Food Company
Title: Pratts Poultry Pointers
Description: Philadelphia and Chicago: Pratt Food Company, 1895. Softcover. First edition presumed; 7 1/4 x 5 1/4; pp. [5], 6-141; chromolithographed, card stock wraps; small chip to lower corner of front wrap; a few rubbed spots to tips and along spine; staples showing at hinges (text block securely attached); two newspaper clippings laid-on to contents page and last blank page; illustrated with inline, black & white drawings; overall in very good condition.Founded in 1872 in Philadelphia, The Pratt Food Company specialized in veterinary remedies and the self-advertised "Famous Pratts Foods" (feed and grain). They also had a Canadian subsidiary called The Pratt Food Company of Canada, Ltd. The business was well established and operated well into the mid-20th century. The book contained exhaustive information on raising, feeding, breeding for exhibition, and diseases of poultry, as well as detailed descriptions of various breeds. Ill.: 0. 2.

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