. Agriculture, its fundamental principles. Agriculture. POULTRY Poultry. — Poultry includes all fowls domesticated for meat and for eggs and feathers, such as hens, turkeys, guinea fowls, peafowls, ducks, geese, and pigeons. Hens. — Our domesticated hens are descended from the wild jungle fowls of India. They have been improved by centuries of care and selection so as to bring out the desired White Leghorns —an Eog Breed traits. The yearly valuc of their products is enormous. The American wheat crop in 1905 was worth five hundred and twenty-five million dollars; Ameri- can poultry products tha
. Agriculture, its fundamental principles. Agriculture. POULTRY Poultry. — Poultry includes all fowls domesticated for meat and for eggs and feathers, such as hens, turkeys, guinea fowls, peafowls, ducks, geese, and pigeons. Hens. — Our domesticated hens are descended from the wild jungle fowls of India. They have been improved by centuries of care and selection so as to bring out the desired White Leghorns —an Eog Breed traits. The yearly valuc of their products is enormous. The American wheat crop in 1905 was worth five hundred and twenty-five million dollars; Ameri- can poultry products that year were worth over five hundred mil- lion dollars. Pure breeds are usually more profitable than common breeds which eat as much and pro- duce less. There are two great classes, — the Mediterranean, or egg-producing breeds, and the Asiatic, or meat breeds. Egg Breeds. —The chief egg breeds are the Leghorns, Houdans, Minorcas, and Barred Plymouth Rocks —a General-purpose Breed. 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 Soule, Andrew MacNairn. [from old catalog]; Turpin, Edna Henry Lee, 1867-1952, joint author. Richmond, Atlanta [etc. ] B. F. Johnson publishing company
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