Long Faced Tumbler Pigeons and All about Them

Long Faced Tumbler Pigeons and All about Them

Author: C. House

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-05-03

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9781546472667

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This special reprint edition of Charles A. House's 1919 book "Long Faced Tumbler Pigeons and All About Them: A Guide To the Breeding and Exhibiting of Long Face Tumbler Pigeons" contains all the information a person needs to master the basics of breeding and raising the breed. Included in this famous booklet are details on raising and breeding this well known breed of pigeon. The text offers a fascinating look at how this famous pigeon breed was bred, raised and exhibited in the old days, as well as insights into its history. Topics covered include Breeding, Selfs, Barred Varieties, Balds and Beards, Mottles, Rosewings and Whitesides, Almonds, and Muffed-Legged Varieties, all with their own chapters. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background. At times, some of the photographs and illustrations can be a little less sharp than we are used to with modern digital printing processes.


The Almond Tumbler Or English Short Faced Tumbler Pigeon

The Almond Tumbler Or English Short Faced Tumbler Pigeon

Author: John Eaton

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-05-28

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9781533507990

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This special re-print edition of John Matthew Eaton's book "A Treatise On The Art of Breeding and Managing the Almond Tumbler" contains all the information a person needs to master the basics of breeding and raising English Short Faced Tumbler pigeons, once known as "Almond Tumblers." Written in 1851, included in this famous booklet are details on raising and breeding this well known breed of pigeon. The text offers a fascinating look at how this famous pigeon breed was bred, raised and exhibited in the old days. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.


In-Breeding: What it is and What it Does - A Treatise of the Greatest Value to Breeders of all Kinds of Farm and Fancy Stock

In-Breeding: What it is and What it Does - A Treatise of the Greatest Value to Breeders of all Kinds of Farm and Fancy Stock

Author: C. A. House

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2013-04-16

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 1447486420

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This volume takes a detailed look at in-breeding animals, exploring what it is, what it can achieve, and common problems related to it. “In-Breeding: What it is and What it Does” contains a wealth of information that will be invaluable to farmers and breeders of farm animals. Contents Include: “A General Survey”, “A Continental Race”, “Horse Breeder Defines In-Breeding”, “Purity of Strain and Stamina”, “In-Breeding Described”, “Out-Crossing and In-Crossing”, “How to In-Breed”, “Strain: What is it?”, “Like Produces Like”, “What In-Breeding Has Done for Horses, Cattle and Sheep”, “In-Breeding Dogs”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on farming.