Trio of USDA Bulletins/Reports on Poultry Management -- 1903, 1907 & 1909

Description

Up for bids is a trio of reports (Farmers' Bulletins) produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on poultry-related topics.  These are certainly some antiquarian papers, given that they range from 110 to almost 120 years in age.  The lot includes:
*  One 1903 bulletin (No. 182) on the topic of "Poultry As Food" (39 pages).  It has a detailed logo of the USDA on the front cover.  The report covers every imaginable type of fowl -- chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, peafowl, pheasants, quails, pigeons and squabs, ducks, geese, and swans.  It goes into dressing and marketing, methods of cooking, nutritional value, and cost, among other topics.  The bulletin is in excellent, clean condition.
*  One 1907 bulletin (No. 287) on the topic of "Poultry Management" (48 pages, with illustrations).  It has a detailed logo of the USDA on the front cover.  It covers a variety of topics, including classifications, houses and enclosures, management of hens for egg production, raising chickens, fattening poultry, marketing, preserving egg, and diseases and pests, among other topics.  The bulletin is in excellent, clean condition.
*  One 1909 bulletin (No. 357) on the topic of "Methods of Poultry Management at the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station" (39 pages, with illustrations).  It has a detailed logo of the USDA on the front cover.  It covers a variety of topics, including selection of breeding stock, raising chickens by natural practices, raising chickens by artificial practices, feeding chickens on the range, and housing hens, among other topics.  The bulletin is in excellent, clean condition.
They would make a wonderful addition to any collection of poultry science or antique paper ephemera
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