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This special re-print edition of the Rev. Edmund Saul Dixon's book A Treatise on the History and Management of Ornamental and Domestic Poultry is a complete history of ornamental and utilitarian chickens, bantams, turkeys, ducks, geese and other poultry, as well as gamebirds. Written in 1857, this classic text is considered one of the most thorough books ever published on poultry. Chapters on The Domestic Fowl, The Rearing and Management of Fowl, Eggs, Varieties of the Shanghae Fowl, The Cochin China Fowl, The Malay Fowl, The Dorking Fowl, The Spanish Fowl, The Game Fowl, The Java Fowl, The Jersey Blue Fowl, The Polish Fowl, The Hamburgh Fowl, Rumpless Fowl, The Silky, Frizzles, Smooth Legged Bantams, Dominque Fowl, Pea Fowl, Ring Necked Pheasants, Turkeys, Swans, Guinea Fowl, Geese, Ducks and more. Over 500 pages of poultry information. Illustrated with rare historical colored plates. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.

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