A Poultry Compendium

This special re-print edition of H. S. Babcock's's book "A Poultry Compendium" is a basic guide to raising and breeding poultry at home or on a small farm. Written in 1885, this classic text on poultry contains the basics of raising and breeding poultry. Some of the topics covered include Poultry Houses and Yards, Mating Poultry, Breeds of Poultry, Incubation of Eggs, Care of Young Chicks, Feeding Poultry, Fattening Poultry For Meat and more. 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.