. The illustrated stock doctor and live-stock encyclopedia [microform] : including horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry : with all the facts concerning the various breeds and their and all diseases to which they are prevention of any disease, and restoration of health. Domestic animals; Veterinary medicine; Livestock breeds; Bees; Animaux domestiques; Bétail; Médecine vétérinaire; Abeilles. !)U0 ) stoni Asia—the juiii^le fowl of the continent of India may also lay claim to Iteing the progenitors of our don)estic fowls, as well as the species nam
. The illustrated stock doctor and live-stock encyclopedia [microform] : including horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry : with all the facts concerning the various breeds and their and all diseases to which they are prevention of any disease, and restoration of health. Domestic animals; Veterinary medicine; Livestock breeds; Bees; Animaux domestiques; Bétail; Médecine vétérinaire; Abeilles. !)U0 ) stoni Asia—the juiii^le fowl of the continent of India may also lay claim to Iteing the progenitors of our don)estic fowls, as well as the species named after the egotistic Sonnerat. In India our farm fowls are believed to iiave sprung from the juniiU' cock and wild species of Malay and Chittagoney,. SOXXERATII. Our Bantams are undoubtedly spruuii' from the Bankiva jungle fowl. Our large Asiatic from the great Malay and Chittagong races through long generations of lireeding and selection in China. Whatever tlic races from whence they sprung, the wild types are now very scarce and diffi- cult to find, while domestic fowls, in their almost infinite varieties, are found not only in every farm-yard and village lot, but are bred exten- sively and successfully in our largest cities. But wild fowls, of the genus Gallus, are nlso natives of the Brazillian forests of America. Oliver de Serres writes of them as follows: "In traveling over the gloomy and inextricable forests of Guiana, when the dawn of day began to appear, amidst the immense forests of loftv trees which fall under the stroke of time only, I often heard a croT^^ng. 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 Manning, J. Russell. Guelph, Ont. : World Pub. Co.
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