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Our Domestic Birds, subtitled Elementary Lessons in Aviculture, is by John H. Robinson. The preface says that ten years ago aviculture had hardly been thought of as a school subject, that today it is taught in thousands of schools, and that in some states instruction in poultry culture is required by law. The text says there are three classes of domestic birds, poultry, pigeons, and cage birds, and that the poultry class comprises land and water birds and contains nine kinds, among them fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys, guineas, peafowls, pheasants, swans, and ostriches.
The text says there are two varieties of the China Goose, White and Brown, and that they are smaller and more graceful than the improved European varieties. The text says it is to the interest of every one to protect insect-eating wild birds, for although these birds may do some damage to crops, their service usually more than pays for it.
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- Author
- John H. Robinson
- Reading time
- About 6 hours
- Pages
- 307
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Animal Care
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