{"product_id":"9781938099021","title":"Poultry Production: The Practice and Science of Chickens","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the poultry industry moved to high-density confinement, practical, scientifically based books for raising modest numbers of chickens became as rare as hen's teeth. Poultry books began to segment into weighty tomes for PhD's and light, well-meaning works that revive all the 19th-century supersitions that our forefathers worked so hard to debunk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFortunately, we can find what we need by turning back the clock and putting the best books back into print.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book, the 9th edition of \u003cem\u003ePoultry Production,\u003c\/em\u003e is from 1961: old enough that smaller flocks, free range, and do-it-yourself feed and fixtures were still common, but new enough be relevant today, and grounded in modern science. Leslie Card's descrption of carefully tested methods allows you to move forward with your own flock.\u003cem\u003e Poultry Production\u003c\/em\u003e contains graphs, tables, and other aids to understanding (for example, a graph showing how a concrete floor affects the air temperature at floor level, warming it by more than 5 °F in cold weather and cooling it by more than 15 °F in hot weather).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis kind of detail means there's a place for \u003cem\u003ePoultry Production\u003c\/em\u003e on every chicken owner's shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeslie E. Card (1883-1968) was Professor of Animal Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoultry Production \u003c\/em\u003eis volume 8 of the Norton Creek Classics series. See http:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com for these practical, best-of-breed poultry books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton Creek Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061923856624,"sku":"9781938099021","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938099021_p0.jpg?v=1763661903","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938099021","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}