MILLER'S AMERICAN POULTRY GUIDE

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"MILLER'S AMERICAN POULTRY GUIDE"

Entry/Object ID

2000.139.1.1

Description

Color: Blue; Red; White "Miller's American Poultry Guide," issued by the J. W. Miller Company, 1926. The 64-page artifact has a paper cover with the title on the top in red and white. Below this is the logo for "Ideal" incubators with a drawing of one of the machines holding many baby chicks at center. At the bottom is the name and address of the company. The writting and the image are against a blue background. On the back is the title and a drawing of a factory with the bottom reading, "Home of the 'Ideal' Incubator." At the beginning is a letter from the company president; several articles about the poultry business; and articles about the company and its products. Available for sale are many styles of incubators; brooders; incubator repair parts; and general poultry equipment. Many black and white drawings and photographs are included as well as poultry lessons, and instructions on how to build a brooding home. Found within was an order blank which is item .2, and an envelope .3. With abrasions; creases; folds; stains; and tears at the bottom of the spine, the object is in fair condition.

Lexicon

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Livestock, Incubators, Poultry, Chickens, Chicks, Poultry industry

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Catalogs, J. W. Miller Company, Poultry--Feeding and feeds, Poultry--Housing, Poultry--Hatcheries

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