Excerpt from The Poultry-Keeper's Manual: Containing Descriptions of All Kinds of Domestic Poultry, With Instructions for Their Management, and Their Treatment When Diseased WE will suppose that the inquirer wishes to have the best possible supply of chickens and eggs at the least possible cost, and we will further suppose that the inquirer has a small plot of ground. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.