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Read Ebook: The Philosophy of Art by Taine Hippolyte Durand John Translator
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Definition of a bird; Place of birds in the animal kingdom; Flight of birds; Voices of birds; Social relations of birds--Place of birds in domestication--Uses of birds in domestication--Place of wild birds in civilization--Classes of domestic birds
Feathers--Structure of feathers--Arrangement of the feathers--Decorative feather forms--Color in feathers--Growth and molting of feathers--Flight--Mechanism of the wing--Scratching--Swimming--Foods and mode of digestion--Peculiarities of birds' eggs--Development of the egg--Rate and amount of egg production--Incubation--Development of the embryo in a bird's egg
Definition of species--Origin of species--Natural varieties--Varieties in domestication--Classification of domestic varieties of birds--Systematic mixtures of breeds and varieties--Pure-bred, thoroughbred, and standard-bred
Description--Origin of the fowl--Appearance of the original wild species--Distribution of fowls in ancient times--Development of principal races of fowls--How fowls were kept in old times--Modern conditions and methods--Native fowls in America--Old European races of fowls--Italian fowls--English races of fowls--German and Dutch races--French races--Spanish races--Asiatic races of fowls--Chinese races--Japanese races--The "hen-fever" period--How the American breeds arose--The modern Barred Plymouth Rock--Other varieties of the Plymouth Rock--The Wyandottes--The Rhode Island Red--The American idea in England; the Orpington--Present distribution of improved races--Deformed and dwarf races--Silky fowls--Frizzled fowls--Rumpless fowls--Bantams--Origin of Bantams--Varieties of bantams
Small flocks on town lots: Numbers in flocks--Houses and yards--Feeding--Growing chickens. Small flocks on ordinary farms: Numbers in flocks--Single houses for farm flocks--Feeding--Reproducing the flock--The hatching season--Broody hens--Setting the hens--Care of sitting hens--Attention at hatching time--Coops for broods--Feeding young chickens--Management of growing chicks. Large stocks on general farms: The colony system--Numbers of hens kept--Feeding, care, and results--How the chickens are grown--Adaptability of the colony system. Intensive poultry farms: Reasons for concentration--Concentration not profitable--Common type of intensive poultry farm. Broiler growing: The "broiler craze"--Present condition of broiler growing. Roaster growing: Description of a good roaster--General and special supplies--Large roaster plants. Intensive egg farming--Poultry fanciers' farms
Description; Origin--The common duck--Improved races--Ornamental ducks--Place of ducks in domestication
Small flocks on town lots: Numbers--Houses and yards--Feeding--Laying habits. Growing ducklings. Small flocks on farms: General conditions--Feeding. Market duck farms: History--Description--Duck fanciers' methods
Description--Origin--Common geese--Improved races--Ornamental varieties--The Canada Goose, or American Wild Goose--Place of geese in domestication
Small farm flocks: Size of flock--Houses and yards--Feeding--Laying season and habits--Hatching and rearing goslings--Large flocks of geese on farms--Goose-fattening farms--Growing thoroughbred geese for exhibition--Growing a few geese on a town lot--Growing wild geese in captivity
Description--Origin--Common turkeys--Improved varieties--Bronze Turkeys--Influence of the Bronze Turkey on other varieties--Other varieties of the turkey--Place of the turkey in domestication
Size of flocks--Shelters and yards--Feeding--Breeding season and laying habits--Hatching and rearing
Description--Origin--Varieties--Place in domestication--Management of domestic guineas
Description--Origin--Place in domestication--Management
Description--Origin--History in America--Species and varieties--Place in domestication--Management of pheasants in confinement
Description--Origin and history in domestication--Place in domestication--Management
Description--Origin and history in domestication--Place in domestication--Management
Description--Origin--Distribution in ancient times--Improved varieties--The Carrier Pigeon--The Antwerp Homer--Tumbler and Tippler Pigeons--The Fantail Pigeon--Pouter Pigeons--Other important types--History in domestication--Place in domestication
Size of flock--Quarters for pigeons--Ventilation and cleanliness--Handling pigeons--Mating pigeons--Feeding--How pigeons rear their young
Description--Origin--Improvement in domestication--Place in domestication--Management of canaries: Cages--Position of the Cage--Feeding--Care--Breeding
Producers, consumers, and middlemen--How the middleman enters local trade--Additional middlemen--How the demand for poultry products stimulates production--Losses in distribution--Cold storage of poultry products--Methods of selling at retail--Volume of products
Conditions in the fancy trade--Exhibitions--Rudiments of judging--Disqualifications--Methods of judging--Exhibition quality and value--Why good breeders have much low-priced stock--Fancy and utility types in the same variety
Judging fancy poultry and pigeons--Journalism--Art--Invention--Education and investigation--Manufacturing and commerce--Legislation and litigation
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OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS
BIRDS AND THEIR RELATIONS TO MAN
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