Farm Poultry

Abstract

THIS popular sketch of poultry farming is a very useful addition to the Rural Science Series. Mr. Watson has written for practical men, and gives working details on every part of his subject, but he has at the, same time written in a really scientific spirit. Scientific terms are, indeed, entirely avoided; the language is clear and simple; but the principles which underlie good practice are in every case brought to the front, so that a rational acquaintance with the subject is ensured. There is, perhaps, no department of farming which suffers so much from mismanagement as the poultry yard, yet the industry is of national importance. Mr. Watson reminds his readers that the annual value of farm poultry and eggs produced in the United States, according to the census returns of 1890, exceeded the annual value of the coal, iron, and mineral oil produced during the same period. In England we have no such statistics, but the Trade and Navigation Returns show that the imports of poultry and eggs to this country amounted last year to the value of 6,416,468l. The book has numerous illustrations.

Farm Poultry.

By G. C. Watson. Pp. x + 341. Illustrated. (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1901; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd.) Price 5s. net.