This antiquarian book comprises a detailed guide to the methods and equipment of livestock keeping, with information on the breeding, rearing, and management of poultry. Complete with detailed illustrations, handy tables, and a wealth of useful and interesting information on breeding poultry, this text constitutes a must-have for discerning farmers. It would make for a great addition to collections of poultry-farming literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Domestic Fowls', 'Imports of Eggs into the United Kingdom', 'The Breeds of Poultry, and their Characteristics', 'Table Varieties', 'Waterfowl and Turkeys', 'Housing of Poultry', 'Hatching and Breeding', 'The Rearing of Chickens', 'Feeding and Fattening', etcetera. We are proud to republish this vintage text, now complete with a new and specially commissioned introduction on poultry farming.