. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. '.i-J-2 ?iiii; .\Mi;i;u' i : s stock hook g()(i(l i(l<';i of llic wliiilc ti'ilx'. A very raic s|)c(ics is (lie V^illiiriiio (Juiiii'.'i-fowl, so 0!iII(m| lor its vullui'('-liko liciul iiiid nccU. 'IMio wliole species iirn iiinonj^ the iiiosi wiitclifiil iiiid wiirv of birds, giviiijj instant iilanii with (heir shrill nolo of diiiig(!v. When lired, they siiould be allowed full liboi'ty, siiico liicy do not stand eoulineiuciit well. XI. Peafowls. Tliis mairnilicent liird, i|iiilc us('l(!S«
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. '.i-J-2 ?iiii; .\Mi;i;u' i : s stock hook g()(i(l i(l<';i of llic wliiilc ti'ilx'. A very raic s|)c(ics is (lie V^illiiriiio (Juiiii'.'i-fowl, so 0!iII(m| lor its vullui'('-liko liciul iiiid nccU. 'IMio wliole species iirn iiinonj^ the iiiosi wiitclifiil iiiid wiirv of birds, giviiijj instant iilanii with (heir shrill nolo of diiiig(!v. When lired, they siiould be allowed full liboi'ty, siiico liicy do not stand eoulineiuciit well. XI. Peafowls. Tliis mairnilicent liird, i|iiilc us('l(!S« ^pt foi' tho splondorof its plum- aii't' !iii<l tlu! value of its l:iil feathers, is rjire in farmyards, from its sup- posed want- of aiiaptation to northern This, however, is a mis- lake; they aro lis iiardy as most of tho breeds of barn-yard fowls. The male is cruel and cowardly, and is given to deslroyini; the eggs of the. /2y^-^^Bt~.^z. I'KACOCK. female. Ilenee thi' hens ai'i^ very secret as lo tlu'ir nests. 'I'liey do not lay their eggs imtil late in the seaxm, and kee|) their broods away from Ilu^ yards until driven thither in the autunui for want of food. They have eonsiderable powei's of flight, and the males, (^specially, wander long distanoos from home ; they should la^ allowed their full liberty. XII. Anatomy of tho lien. The anatomy of the hen will an-^wcr for all the land birds, and, in a measure (for all but the sciiMitilic bi-eeder ) for water-fowls as well, since the fi'ame of the latter is only so modilied as to permit their swimming and divinjr ill water. Hotli in land and watei-fow Is the more valuable. 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 Periam, Jonathan. [from old catalog]; Baker, A. H. , [from old catalog] joint author. St. Louis, Mo. , N. D. Thompson &
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