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GOBIN (A.). TRAITÉ des Oiseaux de Basse-Cour d'Agrément et de Produit. Paris. 1882. - GOBIN (A.) TRAITÉ des Oiseaux de Basse-Cour d'Agrément et de Produit . Races, choix, incubation naturelle et artificielle, élevage, ponte, engraissement, maladies, commerce, volières et basses-cours, chapons et poulardes, oeufs et viande, plumes, engrais, acclimatation. Deuxième Édition. Paris: Librairie Audot, Lebroc et Cie, 1882. VIII, 446 pp.: il.; 185 mm. Second edition. Alphonse Gobin (1828-1893) was a former student of the Imperial School of Grand-Jouan, professor of animal husbandry at the agricultural schools of Grignon and Montpellier, director of the Val d'Yèvre (Cher) agricultural penitentiary colony, and professor of agriculture in the Jura department. A treatise on practical poultry farming covering all aspects of poultry farming, both ornamental and production: breeds and their selection, natural and artificial incubation, rearing, laying, fattening, diseases, trade, facilities, capons and broilers, eggs and meat, feathers, manure and acclimatization. The work is illustrated with 95 engravings in the text, drawn by H. Gobin and printed on plates by Bisson and Jacquet. Interesting. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate