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BURPEE, W. Atlee. The Poultry Yard: How to Furnish and Manage It. A treatise for the amateur poultry breeder and farmer on the management of poultry and the merits of the different breeds.
Philadelphia: W. Atlee Burpee & Co., 1894. Twelfth edition (copyright 1893). Tall 8vo., green cloth decorated in black and gilt, 96pp. Illustrated. Some wear to spine ends, some faint marking to the rear boards o/w a better than very good copy. A pencilled note on front e/paper reads “Oct 5 1903 28 Chickens”.
W. Atlee Burpee was the founder of the Burpee seed empire, though his first love was poultry. “In presenting this edition of the Poultry Yard to our patrons and readers we have endeavored to make a number of valuable additions, especially in the art of caponizing, which is becoming so popular in this country.” A set of caponizing instruments is advertised for sale on p. 95.
$175
BURPEE, W. Atlee. The Poultry Yard: How to Furnish and Manage It. A treatise for the amateur poultry breeder and farmer on the management of poultry and the merits of the different breeds. Philadelphia: W. Atlee Burpee & Co., 1894. Twelfth edition (copyright 1893). Tall 8vo., green cloth decorated in black and gilt, 96pp. Illustrated. Some wear to spine ends, some faint marking to the rear boards o/w a better than very good copy. A pencilled note on front e/paper reads “Oct 5 1903 28 Chickens”.
W. Atlee Burpee was the founder of the Burpee seed empire, though his first love was poultry. “In presenting this edition of the Poultry Yard to our patrons and readers we have endeavored to make a number of valuable additions, especially in the art of caponizing, which is becoming so popular in this country.” A set of caponizing instruments is advertised for sale on p. 95.
$175
