A treatise on domestic poultry, pigeons and rabbits, with a practical account of the Egyptian method of hatching eggs by artificial heat; and all the needful particulars relative to breeding, rearing, and management ... / By Bonington Moubray, Esq. [pseud. i.e. J. Lawrence].

  • Lawrence, John, 1753-1839.
Date:
1815
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on domestic poultry, pigeons and rabbits, with a practical account of the Egyptian method of hatching eggs by artificial heat; and all the needful particulars relative to breeding, rearing, and management ... / By Bonington Moubray, Esq. [pseud. i.e. J. Lawrence]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    antiquity, and the multitude of counsellors. Of this fact I had a signal proof, in a visit a few years since, to an Hon. Baronet, in whose extensive park, and most conve- nient yards and offices, and upon a soil excellently adapted, I found a sufficiency of poultry could not be raised for the family use; in consequence of which, a very considerable annual expence was incurred at a neighbouring town, for an additional supply. This was regretted, and described to me as an unaccountable circumstance, by the housekeeper. 1 have here, moreover, an eye to a favourite plan of mine, making the country house its own mart for the supply of all necessaries, in a far more ample degree than it usually is ; implicating, among other domestic objects, poultry, rabbits, fish, mutton, small beef, and an equal abundance of the superior, as of the orchard fruits. In fine, I have avoided scientific detail, and have addressed plain understand- ings in the plainest language, aiming at utility solely; and I trust, the keeper of half a dozen hens and a cock, in the corner of his yard, will receive h forma- tion, in degree, equally useful and satis- factory, with another who may desire to enter upon the most extensive plan. Bath, September 10, 1815.