. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. BREEDING AXU OF I'OILTliV 9(51 covered with feathers, (i—The nostrils wliieh are at tlie beginniiiir of the beak. 7—The beak, of which the two parts, the upper and lowei- man- dible, are horny. The head of the cock, as of the hen, is composed of two principal parts : 1st, the skull is a firm miion of bones, which include the upper part, or mandible, of the beak ; 2nd, the lower part or mandible of the beak, i)e- ing the lower jaw-bone, formed by a single piece. In the skull are the socket
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. BREEDING AXU OF I'OILTliV 9(51 covered with feathers, (i—The nostrils wliieh are at tlie beginniiiir of the beak. 7—The beak, of which the two parts, the upper and lowei- man- dible, are horny. The head of the cock, as of the hen, is composed of two principal parts : 1st, the skull is a firm miion of bones, which include the upper part, or mandible, of the beak ; 2nd, the lower part or mandible of the beak, i)e- ing the lower jaw-bone, formed by a single piece. In the skull are the sockets or cavities which contain the eye ; the nostrils are in front of the eye ; the auditory organ, or car, is behind the eye. The head, excepting the beak, is entirely covered by a fleshy coveiing, round which may be seen several appendages or caruncles, which are the crest, the two ear-. 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 & co.
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectveterin, bookyear1882
