{"product_id":"9781628734379","title":"The Biggle Poultry Book: A Concise and Practical Treatise on the Management of Farm Poultry","description":"When Jacob Biggle first published his book on the management of poultry, there were more than 300 million chickens and 30 million other domesticated fowl in the United States. Today, the trend continues with thousands if not millions of chickens and other fowl being raised in suburban and urban backyards across America. Biggle’s aim was to “help farmers and villagers conduct the poultry business with pleasure and profit.” To that end, this handy little volume contains all the information the reader needs to know, such as:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe various breeds of chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, ducks, geese, and pigeons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe most common diseases and enemies that threaten our feathered friends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRaising hens expressly for eggs rather than meat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe farmer’s flock versus the village hennery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe art of hatching eggs and caring for chicks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for the practical farmer who raises poultry and eggs for market,\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBiggle Poultry Book \u003c\/i\u003ewill also appeal to collectors of farm ephemera and anyone else who is nostalgic for a simpler way of doing things. Illustrated with sixteen color plates by Louis P. Graham, and hundreds of black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout, \u003ci\u003eThe Biggle Poultry Book\u003c\/i\u003e is as beautiful as it is useful and a treasure for the home library.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skyhorse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171040575728,"sku":"9781628734379","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781628734379_p0.jpg?v=1763868165","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781628734379","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}