. Prairie agriculture [microform] : containing a list of chemical experiments; a series of experiments on the growth of seeds; a description of how plants grow; a sketch of the formation of the prairie soil by water and ice action; an account of farming operations and of crops adapted to Manitoba; a description of diseases of crops, of insects, and of birds; an account with illustrations of the breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry adapted to Manitoba; advantages of mixed farming. Agriculture; Agriculture. 222 PRAIIUE A GRICUI. TURE. PRINCIPAL PARTS OF A FOWL. 1. Comb. 2


. Prairie agriculture [microform] : containing a list of chemical experiments; a series of experiments on the growth of seeds; a description of how plants grow; a sketch of the formation of the prairie soil by water and ice action; an account of farming operations and of crops adapted to Manitoba; a description of diseases of crops, of insects, and of birds; an account with illustrations of the breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry adapted to Manitoba; advantages of mixed farming. Agriculture; Agriculture. 222 PRAIIUE A GRICUI. TURE. PRINCIPAL PARTS OF A FOWL. 1. Comb. 2. Face. 8. Wattles. 4. Ear-lobes. 5. Hackle. fi. Breast. 7. Back. 8. Raddle. 9. Saddle-feathers. 10. Sioklos. 11. Tail-coverts. 12. Main Tail-feathers. 18. Wing-bow. 14. Wing-coverts, forming wiug-bar. IB. Secondaries, wing-bay. 16. Primaries or flight-feath- ers, wing-butts. 17. Point of Breast Bone. 18. Thighs. 19. Hocks. 20. Shanks or Logs. 21. Spur. 22. Toes or (^aws. As in the case of the various other classes of live stock, breeding is here of great importance, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Winnipeg : Consolidated Stationery Co.


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