Excerpt from Progressive Poultry Culture: A Text-Book of Study and Practice in the Keeping of Poultry for Profit and PleasureThis book was commenced in New England, continued in Maryland, and completed in the Black Hills of South Dakota.It contains, in condensed form, the results of practice, study, experience, and observation while dwelling in the north, south, east, and west of our great American country, and of experience and investigation during a residence of seven years in Asia and Europe.In the preparation of the volume there has been a continuous, earnest purpose to lay the foundation for good poultry practice in true, scientific principles.The treatment of many of the subjects has been influenced by numerous opportunities to study and solve, cooperatively, the particular poultry problems of hundreds of correspondence students located in almost all quarters of the globe.The valuable results of investigations at several of the state agricultural experiment stations are included in the book. Especial credit should be given for the work of the New York State Station in determining scientific standards for balanced rations of fowls, and for the results of the experiments of the Maine State Station in breeding for egg-production, housing, and methods of feeding.Hearty commendation is here given to Mr. F. H. Stoneburn, a former student of the author, for the execution of excellent drawings of poultry buildings and appliances, used for illustrating several subjects.Particular mention should be made of the courtesy of Mr. E. E. Richards, editor and publisher of the Western Poultry Journal, in furnishing a number of fine illustrations of typical fowls, the owners of which are given due credit in the text.This volume will have fulfilled the purpose of its publication if it proves helpful to many practical poultrymen and poultrywomen, beginners and veterans alike, and provides instruction for numerous students of poultry culture in college, school, and home.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.