This special re-print edition of "Turkey Raising" by H.A. Nourse is one of the most authorative books ever written on the subject of breeding and raising turkeys, ducks and geese for meat and egg purposes in the backyard. Written in 1909, this volume sheds much light on the management of flocks of turkeys, geese and ducks, for home meat and egg production, as well as for profit. Chapters include Breeds of Turkeys, The Bronze Turkey, White Holland Turkey, Breeding Turkeys, Turkey Culture, Hatching and Rearing Turkeys, More on Rearing Turkeys, Rearing Turkeys Artificially, Turkeys on the Farm, Marketing Turkeys, Exhibiting Turkeys, Profitable Thanksgiving Turkeys, Leading Varieties of Ducks, Muscovy Ducks, Rare Varieties of Ducks, Duck Raising For Profit, Producing Market Ducks, A Profitable Duck Business, Extensive Duck Raising, Ducks on a Small Scale, Breeds of Geese, Toulouse Geese, African Geese, Embden Geese, White Chinese Geese, Buildings For Geese, Success With Geese and more. Lavishly illustrated with rare turn of the century photos and packed full of practical old fashioned know how. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.