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Poultry Secrets: Gathered, Tested and Now Disclosed
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Poultry Secrets: Gathered, Tested and Now Disclosed
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Wilmer Atkinson Company. Philadelphia, PA
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Publishers' Foreword
This work has been prepared by Michael K. Boyer, one of the foremost poultrymen of the United States. In its preparation he has drawn on his own great storehouse of experience, and on those of his many friends who are authorities on poultry. It is packed full of information not generally known to the average poultryman.
Permit us to say, however, that these " secrets " — like the majority of human secrets! — are probably not secrets to every person. Some people have had things whispered in their ear or have read occasional hints in papers, or perhaps they have paid five or ten dollars to some expert who furnished the information, or possibly they have bought some expensive book that contained one or two little-known facts. And so this so-called secret knowledge has spread, gradually and slowly, among a — so to speak — "select inner circle " of poultrymen who treasure it more or less carefully. Of course some of the secrets, like different kinds of molasses, have " leaked " faster than others, and therefore have become better known.
We do not believe that there is a single secret in this book which is not known to at least a few breeders of poultry. Nor do we assert that none of these secrets have ever before been put into print. But we say this: Some poultrymen have paid considerable money to learn only a few of these secrets ; many poultrymen have lost money because they did not learn ; and every poultryman now has the first chance ever offered, we think, to obtain in one book a summary of the most important of the secret knowledge, old or new, that exists to-day. This summary is as complete as monev and experience can make it. and as fast as newer processes or methods are discovered we shall secure them promptly.
To sum up, we feel that this book should put money into the pockets of thousands of poultry keepers — men and women—who have not before had access to the partially concealed knowledge which a few insiders have hitherto tried to monopolize.
WILMER ATKINSON CO.
This work has been prepared by Michael K. Boyer, one of the foremost poultrymen of the United States. In its preparation he has drawn on his own great storehouse of experience, and on those of his many friends who are authorities on poultry. It is packed full of information not generally known to the average poultryman.
Permit us to say, however, that these " secrets " — like the majority of human secrets! — are probably not secrets to every person. Some people have had things whispered in their ear or have read occasional hints in papers, or perhaps they have paid five or ten dollars to some expert who furnished the information, or possibly they have bought some expensive book that contained one or two little-known facts. And so this so-called secret knowledge has spread, gradually and slowly, among a — so to speak — "select inner circle " of poultrymen who treasure it more or less carefully. Of course some of the secrets, like different kinds of molasses, have " leaked " faster than others, and therefore have become better known.
We do not believe that there is a single secret in this book which is not known to at least a few breeders of poultry. Nor do we assert that none of these secrets have ever before been put into print. But we say this: Some poultrymen have paid considerable money to learn only a few of these secrets ; many poultrymen have lost money because they did not learn ; and every poultryman now has the first chance ever offered, we think, to obtain in one book a summary of the most important of the secret knowledge, old or new, that exists to-day. This summary is as complete as monev and experience can make it. and as fast as newer processes or methods are discovered we shall secure them promptly.
To sum up, we feel that this book should put money into the pockets of thousands of poultry keepers — men and women—who have not before had access to the partially concealed knowledge which a few insiders have hitherto tried to monopolize.
WILMER ATKINSON CO.
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