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Poultry:

(advertsing) . 49 WAYS TO SELL EGGS FOR MORE MONEY
St. Louis 1936 1st Ralston Purina. Appeal to convince farmers to sell their eggs to Purina for packaging and selling under a Checker Sealed Egg Producer's Agreement. 4to., many photo illustrations of farmers, families, farming in 1936, original illustrated wraps. Good, some creasing and light wear. (a63740)
$22.00 (poultry) . ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF HIGH CLASS POULTRY BRED BY PARKER & MILLER, ROCK HILL, S. C.
1900. 5-3/4 x 3-1/4 inches, 12pp., 12 woodcut illustrations of chickens, chickens described and priced, original printed pale green stringbound wraps. VG plus. (a73657)
$29.00 Bement, C. N. . THE AMERICAN POULTERER'S COMPANION
NY 1859 new edition, enlarged Harper. A practical treatise on the breeding, rearing and general management of various species of Domestic Poultry. Octavo, 304pp., illustrations, hardcover. Laid in: 12 small chromolithographs of different breeds of chicken. Owner bookplate. Good, binding worn, some light soiling throughout, spine ends frayed, cover unevenly faded. (a67719)
$45.00 Gerrits, H. . PHEASANTS, INCLUDING THEIR CARE IN THE AVIARY.
Salt Lake City 1961 Allen. 8vo., 144pp., color illustrations by H. Sliper, monochrome photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (s93)
$24.00 Gordy, Frank . A SOLID FOUNDATION...THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ARTHUR W. PERDUE
Salisbury 1976 Perdue. Story of the founder of the Perdue Chicken Industry who died in 1977. Frank Perdue is his son. Tall 8vo., 122pp., fully illustrations, hardcover. Signed by Frank Perdue. Fine in VG DJ. (a4258)
$35.00 Landauer, Walter . THE HATCHABILITY OF CHICKEN EGGS AS INFLUENCED BY ENVIRONMENT AND HEREDITY
1967 Revised edition (August 1967) Storrs, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Octavo, 315pp., wraps. Good, slight cover wear and soiling. (a46909)
$22.00 (ephemera) . FIRST PRIZE COCKEREL OREGON STATE FAIR 1899 WHITE DANDY S. C. WHITE LEGHORN OWNED BY A. W. BUTTERFIELD, CANBY, OREGON
6 x 5 inch pamphlet, folded once in half. Printed on 4 sides. Inside several lines of original ink notation added to the printed information indicating that the Butterfield chickens went on to win in Portland in Dec. 1899 and Jan. 1900 and a bit more additional information about birds of J. H. Jackson of Hudson, Massachusetts. VG, faint midway crease. (a73581)
$29.00