Publisher's Synopsis
This special re-print edition of James Long's book "Poultry For Prizes: A Guide to the Breeding and Management of All Varieties of Poultry For Exhibitions" is a complete guide to raising poultry of all types, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys and others, for exhibition purposes. Written in 1909, this classic text contains information on how to raise poultry, including chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese for meat purposes. Chapters include A Hobby and An Industry, Laws of Breeding, Management of Exhibition Stock, Preparing For Exhibition, The Points of a Fowl, Brahmas and Cochins, Dorkings, Langshans, Orpingtons, Wyandottes and Plymouth Rocks, English Games, Asiatic Games, Hamburghs and Redcaps, Bantams, Waterfowl, Turkeys and more. This is a complete guide to raising poultry and waterfowl for exhibition purposes and includes old fashioned tricks of the trade for successful exhibition breeding. One of the only books of its kind. 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.
