The " Feathered World " Year Book for 1923. Edited
by R. Comyns-Lewer. (Feathered World. 2s. net.).
This substantial volume, well written and well ilustrated, will interest all who keep poultry and surprise those who do not. The industry is very important ; last year the eggs and poultry produced in Great Britain were valued at nearly £29,000,000, as compared with a wheat crop valued at £16,000,000. The industry, moreover, is very complex. The long array of special articles on different breeds shows how much there is for the poultry-keeper to learn. An article on the management of a poultry farm may be commended to the beginner, who is apt to be unduly optimistic at the outset and excessively disheartened by the early disappointments that befall everyone in this risky, but not unprofitable, trade.
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