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Farm Poultry management helps to maximize the efficiency of production. Scientific poultry management aims at maximizing returns with minimum investment. The present book contains 17 chapters which includes introduction, various profitable sidelines systems of poultry keeping, house and housing selection of breeds for egg production, foods and feeding, commencing operations, seasonable work, incubation, table poultry production, selection and culling, breeding and rearing turkey, water fowl production, marketing, diseases and their prevention. Index has been also appended at the end of the book.

This is a perfect book for poultry farmers, students, teachers of poultry and veterinary science, development workers, policy makers and all other interested in farm poultry.

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introductory. 2. Various profitable sidelines of the industry. 3. Systems of poultry-keeping. 4. Houses and housing. 5. Houses and housing-continued. 6. Selection of breeds for egg production. 7. Foods and feeding. 8. Commencing operations. 9. Seasonable work. 10. Natural and artificial incubation. 11. Natural and artificial rearing. 12. Table poultry production. 13. Selection and culling. 14. Breeding and rearing turkeys. 15. Water fowl production. 16. Markets and marketing of produce. 17. Diseases and their prevention. Index.