Description

This text contains a comprehensive treatise on turkey production, being a complete text on breeding, feeding, handling, marketing and disease control, prepared for the use of turkey producers and agricultural students. Although old, much of the information provided in this text is timeless, and it will be of much use to the modern reader with an interest in keeping poultry as a commercial endeavour. The chapters of this book include: ‘Origin and History of the Domestic Turkey’, ‘Development, Distribution and Outlook of the Turkey Industry’, ‘Varieties of Domestic Turkeys’, ‘Selecting Turkeys for Exhibit’, ‘Selecting Turkeys for Breeding Stock’, ‘Care and Management of Turkey Breeding Stock’, etcetera. This text was originally published in 1933, and is proudly republished now complete with a new introduction on poultry farming.