. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. 1276 THE AMERICAN FARMER. varieties in common use that are now only known as wild fowls, such as the Black, the Can- vas-back, the Wood Duck, the various kinds of Wild Turkeys, Geese, Pheasants, Quail, the Prairie Hen (known as the Pinnated Grouse), the Partridge, etc., all of which a few genera-. EUROPEAN QUAIL. tions of domestication would improve in size, quality, and fineness of flesh, as experience has shown with our domestic fowls of to-day. It is a well-know
. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. 1276 THE AMERICAN FARMER. varieties in common use that are now only known as wild fowls, such as the Black, the Can- vas-back, the Wood Duck, the various kinds of Wild Turkeys, Geese, Pheasants, Quail, the Prairie Hen (known as the Pinnated Grouse), the Partridge, etc., all of which a few genera-. EUROPEAN QUAIL. tions of domestication would improve in size, quality, and fineness of flesh, as experience has shown with our domestic fowls of to-day. It is a well-known fact among bird fanciers and breeders of the wild fowl, that none of the large domesticated breeds of ducks were in a wild state larger than the average Canva*. 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 Flint, Charles L. (Charles Louis), 1824-1889. New York, Casselberry
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