Poultry Production : The Practice and Science of Chickens

The Practice and Science of Chickens As the poultry industry moved to high-density confinement, practical, scientifically based books for raising modest numbers of chickens became as rare as hen's teeth. Fortunately, we can find what we need by turning back the clock. This book, the 9th edition of Poultry Production, is from 1961: old enough that smaller flocks were still common, but new enough that all the basic scientific principles had been discovered. For example, earlier books did not discuss nutrients like methionine and vitamin B-12, since they hadn't been isolated yet. Leslie Card's application of carefully tested methods to practical poultrykeeping problems allows you to move forward with your own flock. Poultry Production contains graphs, tables, and other aids to understanding (for example, a graph showing how a concrete floor affects the air temperature at floor level, warming it by more than 5 °F in cold weather and cooling it by more than 15 °F in hot weather). This kind of detail means there's a place for Poultry Production on every chicken owner's shelf. Leslie E. Card (1883-1968) was Professor of Animal Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana.