C S Valentine

How to Keep Hens for Profit C S Valentine

This special re-print edition of C. S. Valentine's book "How To Keep Hens For a Profit" is a guide to managing flocks of laying hens and improving their laying abilities through breeding selection and proper management. Written in 1913, this classic text on laying hens contains a treasury of knowledge on keeping and raising chickens for home egg production or for profit. Topics include The Nation and The Poultry Industry, The Plymouth Rock, Java and the Dominique, The Wyandotte, The Rhode Island Red and the Buckeye, Chief Competitors of the American Hen, Improving the American Hen, Making a Highly Profitable Worker, The Eggs of American Breeds, Average Layers and Three Hundred Egg Hens, Egg Foods - Can They Insure Us A Two Hundred and Fifty Egg A Year Hen?, Mother and Chicks, Handling the Chicks, Modern Ways of Housing Laying Hens, Common Sense Handling of Diseases, Indian Runner Ducks and more. An enlightening and informative read written by a world reknowned expert that will benefit not only the beginner, but also the expert poultry keeper. 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.