Canadian poultry handbook . : A12-8/90-1940E-PDF

"This handbook was first prepared by the New Brunswick Department of Agriculture under the authorship of Leslie Wood, Poultry Superintendent. It was originally intended for the use of boys and girls enrolled as members of the Poultry Clubs of that province. ... In the preparation of this handbook the author has made an effort to emphasize essentials rather than passing fads, to recognize the possibilities which lie in recent inventions and research, and to present the material in a clear, concise and not too technical form. A need has been apparent for some time for a publication of this kind that would prove equally useful to farm poultrymen throughout the Dominion ... Mr. Wood has revised the text to give it more general application to the country at large. Considerable new material has been added"--Preface, p. [3].

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Department of Agriculture.
Canada. Department of Agriculture. Production Service.
Title Canadian poultry handbook .
Series title Farmers' bulletin ; 90
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) "Issued March 1940."
Issued also in French under title: Le manuel de l'aviculteur canadien.
Historical publication digitized by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Partial contents: Poultry housing principles -- Farm poultry builidings and equipment -- Incubation -- Brooding and rearing the chicks -- The principles of poultry feeding -- The feeds and how to use them -- Poultry diets -- Anatomy of the domestic fowl -- Breeds of poultry -- Culling poultry -- Breeding, selecting and mating -- Judging poultry -- Marketing eggs -- Marketing poultry -- Keeping accounts and records -- Poultry health -- Policies for poultry improvement.
Publishing information Ottawa : Department of Agriculture : Production Service, 1940.
Author / Contributor Wood, Leslie.
Description 127 p. : ill.
Catalogue number
  • A12-8/90-1940E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number Publication 683
Subject terms Poultry
Handbooks
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