Name/Title
CALIFORNIA POULTRY PRACTICEEntry/Object ID
97.17.1.5Description
Book: "California Poultry Practice" by Susan Swaysgood (San Francisco: Pacific Rural Press, 1915), 157 pp. Includes eleven illustrations and diagrams, figures, and charts. A light-colored hardcover book, without dustjacket, and red borders and text on the front cover and spine. The book is a practical guide to the raising of poultry. There are 45 chapters covering the types of housing, methods of feeding, care of eggs and hatcheries, and material on various fowl. It is in fair condition with discoloration, especially on the front and rear leaves, foxing on some pages and leaves, and fading from rubbing on the cover, especially the spine. In pencil on the inside front cover is, "For/Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Freeman/#2 Granthurst, "La Mesa."/Santa Barbara/Calif." and "From/J. Derning/6 Hardwick Ave./Piedmont/Calif."Lexicon
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Documentary Artifact, Books, Pacific Rural Press, Poultry breeding