Book description
COCKING SCIENCE by "OLD FAMILY" - Originally published in
1939 and never before reprinted. This edition is republished as part of
Read Country Book's "History of Cockfighting" series. The book
was written as a guide for the Game Fowl Beginner and its 88 pages
cover, "The Breeding, Rearing, Conditioning and Fighting of Game
Fowl From a Scientific Point of View." It shows the best methods
for 'Pure-Line Breeding' as well as scientific formulae for developing
strains. It is a fascinating and informative book, written in plain
english, containing much advice that is still of practical use to
poultry breeders today. A must for the cockfighting historian. Chapters
are: Types, Selecting the Trio, Conformation, The Hen, Breeding
Requirements, inbreeding, Culling, Dubbing, Walking, Care of Coop-walked
Fowl, The Keep, Feed in Keep, Breeding Fundamentals, Mendel's Laws,
Mendelian Methods, Hybridization, The 4-Way Cross, Diseases: Roup,
Chicken Pox, White Diarrhea, Pullorum Disease, Salpingitis,
Aspergillosis, Cholera.
