. Burnham's new poultry book. Poultry. 248 burnham's new poultry-book; now to be had in every quarter; indeed they are so splendid a bird, that I consider it a crime against do- mestic economy, to have a Spanish hen's time taken up with hatchin<^ and rearing chickens, when she might be. adding to the stock of her own genus by her egg every ; I am not an advocate for cross-breeding of any sort, and shall therefore beg to remark that there are many spurious crosses attempted to be made on the Spanish fowl, which should not be encouraged. And among these crosses, Mr. Ch. Jacque, the s
. Burnham's new poultry book. Poultry. 248 burnham's new poultry-book; now to be had in every quarter; indeed they are so splendid a bird, that I consider it a crime against do- mestic economy, to have a Spanish hen's time taken up with hatchin<^ and rearing chickens, when she might be. adding to the stock of her own genus by her egg every ; I am not an advocate for cross-breeding of any sort, and shall therefore beg to remark that there are many spurious crosses attempted to be made on the Spanish fowl, which should not be encouraged. And among these crosses, Mr. Ch. Jacque, the scientific French aur thor and artist, says in his fine work on poultry, " the La Fleche is the tallest of the true French breeds, and. 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 Burnham, George Pickering, 1814-1902. [from old catalog]. New York, Amerian news company;
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