COCKING SCIENCE BY "OLD FAMILY" THE BREEDING, REARING, CONDITIONING AND FIGHTING OF GAME FOWL FROM A SCIENTIFIC POINT OF VIEW 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.
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