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Keeping Poultry and Rabbits on Scraps: A Penguin Handbook
Alan Thompson
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Description for Keeping Poultry and Rabbits on Scraps: A Penguin Handbook
Paperback. Covers the various things that small-scale raisers of rabbits or of poultry, whether for egg-production or for table use, need to know. This book offers advice to keep chickens and rabbits happy, whether they be in a city garden or roaming in a farm yard. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WNGK; WNGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 12. Weight in Grams: 112.
First issued in 1941, when the national crisis made it essential for every scrap of kitchen waste and spare time to be used for increasing the nation's food resources, this book enabled the meagre official wartime rations to be supplemented in thousands of homes by a regular supply of eggs and meat, at a minimum of trouble and expense. It now reappears, in response to many requests, to play its part in the hardly less urgent food-production drive of peacetime. Everything that the small-scale raiser of rabbits or of poultry, whether for egg-production or for table use, ... Read more
First issued in 1941, when the national crisis made it essential for every scrap of kitchen waste and spare time to be used for increasing the nation's food resources, this book enabled the meagre official wartime rations to be supplemented in thousands of homes by a regular supply of eggs and meat, at a minimum of trouble and expense. It now reappears, in response to many requests, to play its part in the hardly less urgent food-production drive of peacetime. Everything that the small-scale raiser of rabbits or of poultry, whether for egg-production or for table use, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
111g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141038629
SKU
V9780141038629
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
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99-2
About Alan Thompson
Alan Thompson, author of the poultry section of this book, kept poultry from the moment he left school. He obtained his technical knowledge at Harper Adams College and was Editor of the Poultry Farmer for 15 years. He also farmed livestock in Copthorne, Sussex, and his voice was familiar to all those who listened to the BBC poultry talks. ... Read more
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