The Call of the Hen or the Science of the Selection and Breeding of Poultry

This illustrated text comprises a detailed treatise on the science of the selection and breeding of poultry. A comprehensive and detailed text, this book contains much in the way of timeless and practical information that will be of significant value to the modern poultry breeder. It constitutes a worthy addition any collection of antique literature of this ilk. The chapters of this book include: 'The Call of the Hen or the Science of the Selection and Breeding of Poultry', 'The Good Little Hen', 'Capacity', 'Condition', 'Type', 'The First Laying Year', 'The Selection of Types', 'Prepotency', 'Testing Hens on a Large Scale', 'Selecting the Setting Hen', etcetera. Originally published in 1918, we are proud to republish it now complete with a new introduction on poultry farming.

Walter Hogan is associate professor and librarian at East Michigan University. He is the author of Humor in Young Adult Literature: A Time to Laugh (Scarecrow Press, 2005) and The Agony & the Eggplant: Daniel Pinkwater's Heroic Struggles in the Name of YA Literature (Scarecrow Press, 2001).