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If you love raising gamefowl and want to learn more about the birds, how to handle them and how to raise them; this is a large collection on CD, of all sorts of books and literature about the game's! Included are: *My Collection of 15 hard to find and out of print gamefowl books. *My 11 book set, how-to-raise poultry. Details construction, hatching, culling, and more. *My collection of 18 Gamefowl breeder letters from the 1920's and 30's. Within this collection is a hand signed sales letter, dated 1922, from the famous F. L. Glover. He is the writer of a famous gamefowl book written in 1913. These letters have significant historical value. *My set of gamefowl shelter plans. Build them for under $10 and they are indestructible. *and more! Some comments I have received about the collection: "awesome i love em, highly recommend" "very good" "great cd, recommended! thank you!!" "Great CD filled with information Thanks Great transaction *****" If you have a passion for gamefowl or know someone who does..........this collection will be a treasured part of any poultry library. All on a ~2 disc CD set~ in a ''Gift Quality'' hard shell case. Within all this information you will discover the proven methods to raise the best gamefowl you can. *Starting with the right bloodlines *Learning the art of Breeding, Crossing, and Heterosis (or hybrid vigor) *Identify the best management practices and how to apply them *Many more hints, tricks, and secrets used by the professional breeders! Ask yourself this ''Do I want to maximize my abilities and profits by learning the best gamefowl raising practices or am I happy just raising average birds?'' You can always do better. If you want to raise respectable, show class Gamefowl, you can learn professional methods........using the proven knowledge that is in this collection of books written by the most successful breeders in history. You will learn the standards and how to achieve them: *What are the qualities of a true ''Champion'' bird? *How do I cull for the best results? Don't condemn your best birds to the stewpot! *Learn the standard of perfection in each breed and what qualities each breed possesses. From the Old English Gamefowl breeds to the Semi-Modern Gamefowl breeds. *With Gamefowl eggs and chicks selling for $50-$100 dollars a dozen and more, you need the best birds you can raise. Learn the secrets the professionals of the past used to raise their birds. There is hundreds of years of combined knowledge here. *To prevent your gamefowl from injuring themselves, learn the best housing methods *What is the best way to raise chicks. Could the brood hen still be your best choice? *Will my birds do better on range or can I just raise them in a small pen? *What are the special nutritional needs of my different birds? *What can I feed to get the most eggs and the healthiest birds? This collection of books will answer all these questions and lots more! In a nutshell, this collection of books will teach you to raise the healthiest and gamiest Gamefowl that you can through selection, breeding, bloodline, and the best husbandry practices possible. These are the gamefowl books on CD in this collection: *Volume 1 History of Games Fowls Their origin and history, with a description of gamefowl breeds, strains, and crosses. The English and American How to Breed and Cross, improving quality and preserving feather J. W. Cooper M. D. 1869 304 Pages ''This is without doubt the best book written on American Gamefowl in the 19th century. The descriptions of the early strains is fascinating reading but the best part of the book are the remarks about crossing and breeding.'' *Volume 2 The Guide How to Raise, Feed and breed Gamefowl With valuable hints, secrets, and other important information. Richard K. Fox 1888 61 pages ''Excellent details on selecting birds for the breeding pen'' *Volume 3 The Manual Devoted to Gamefowl, Their Origin and Breeding Secrets for Feeding, handling, Etc., Diseases and their treatment F. H. Gray 1878 155 Pages ''One of the best manuals by F. H. Gray. Good discussion of strains, breeding, and heeling. Contains an interesting article from John Harris.'' *Volume 4 The Game Treatise on Breeding, Rearing, Feeding, Etc, Etc, Etc. Together with an exposure of tricks, The Origin and Cure of Diseases, And other important information Ed James 1873 71 pages *Volume 5 Sport in Olden Time Sir Walter Gibley 1912 117 pages ''Many good illustrations of birds in England. Really interesting history of the great days of Gamefowl in England'' *Volume 6 The Old English Game It's History, Description, Management, Breeding and Feeding. Herbert Atkinson 1891 65 pages plus advertisements ''No one has ever written so fondly on all aspects of this magnificent breed as Atkinson.'' *Volume 7 The Game Fowl Pringle Proud Old English and Modern Games Fowl both large and bantam are treated chiefly from an exhibitors viewpoint. Includes pictures of English winners. Included in this book is a reprint of: The Cocker W. Sketchley About 170 pages. ''Containing all information for the breeders and amateurs of the noble bird, the Game Cock.'' *Volume 8 Old English Gamefowl Book This book is very old. No Date Found In Old English language. 48 pages *Volume 9 Conditioning Complete Guide George Conderman, M.D. 1899 48 pages *Volume 10 The Royal Pastime R. H. (Robert Howlett) 1709 About 100 pages ''The earliest treatise that contains information for the good of the game. Also contains various poems by various authors in praise of the gamecock'' *Volume 11 Ornamental Fowl Ornamental, Aquatic, and Domestic Fowl and Game Birds. Their Importation, Breeding, Rearing and General Management J. J. Nolan 1850 191 pages ''A useful book with much information on breeds and breeding, however it is very rare'' *Volume 12 Cocks A Crowin' A Historical Documentary written about gamefowl in America *Volume 13 Way of Feeding DR. J. A. Bentley Originator and breeder of the famous Irish Muff Game Fowls and other strains ''Helpful hints and tips about feeding and conditioning'' *Volume 14 The essentials (Condensed) by ''Muff'' Arch Ruport ''One of the most popular gamefowl books for years'' *Volume 15 Johnson's Lundy Roundheads The Lundy Game Farm W. T. Johnson Americus, Georgia ''Sales book full of testimonials and breeding information'' There are still a few of these that you can buy in reprinted form but they will cost you between $30 and $50 each.....if you can find them. The more rare books included in this offering are not available in reprint form and are nearly impossible to find on the market. Often they fetch prices from $100 to $500.....per book! *Plus I am including my poultry construction and raising books on CD* If you buy this collection today, I am throwing in my 11 book ''Poultry Man'' collection as an added bonus for no additional cost making this a 2 disc set! Normally I would sell my Poultry Man collection for $19.57 but I know it will be of value to the gamefowl breeder so I am including it as an added free bonus. Along with the Gamefowl books I am including the additional BONUS poultry collection on CD that contains the following books: Volume #1 Poultry Appliances How to build dozens of chicken feeders.......waterers......nest boxes.......brooders......and much more 120 pages Volume #2 Poultry Construction Rivals any of the ''Chicken Coop'' plan books for sale on the internet lately. This author teaches you how to build Poultry Houses..........Chicken Coops.........Pens and Portable Free Range Shelters......Much more Volume #3 200 Eggs Per Year Per Hen Not only do you want a classy Game Hen but you want her to produce! This 102 page book teaches how to accomplich incredible results through nutrition, breeding, culling, and other practices. Volume #4 The Practical Poultry Keeper Practical advise on raising poultry. A good ''all around'' book on poultry and all aspects of raising them. Particularly good for it's pen layouts and comprehensive instruction for the large scale producer. Volume#5 Poultry Architecture Complete book on all types of poultry structures. A book fully devoted to building all types of poultry buildings. Volume #6 Poultry Houses Yet another book on poultry buildings You WILL be able to find the perfect plan for your poultry building project within all these books! Volume #7 American Breeds of Poultry A exceptional book on the traditional breeds of American poultry, their origin and standards Volume #8 Feeds and Feeding The best feed and feeding methods for all phases of poultry from chicks to adults. Poultry needs for optimal egg production. If you want to get away from commercial feed, this will lay it all out for you. Volume #9 How to Hatch and Brood Increase your hatch rate and survivability Volume #10 Poultry Diseases Covers all diseases, how to treat them and more importantly, how to avoid them. Volume #11 1920 Seed and Poultry Supply catalog You will enjoy looking at the poultry supplies and seeds for the farm. You would be hard pressed to find a more complete collection for the Gamefowl Poultry lover! You may find this interesting. I am including my recently acquired Gamefowl Letters collection that is a series of letters written in the early 1900's to a gamefowl breeder named George Krauss. In this collection there are 18 letters of correspondence, all written in the 1920's and 1930's, that cover a wide amount of topics from gamefowl chit-chat, to organizing events, to placing orders for his game stock, to discussing the greatest breeders at the time (Many well known names mentioned). One of the most interesting letters in the collection is a hand signed sales letter from F. R Glover dated 1922. Glover owned a supply house and was a famous breeder in his day. He is the author of a famous gamefowl book that has remained popular through the years. So all together in this entire 2 disc set you will get: *The 15 volume set of gamefowl how-to books on one CD. *The 18 gamefowl letters collection on the same CD. *The poultry raising collection with 11 titles on another CD *More bonus literatureon CD! *Hard shell double CD case with original artwork *Free shipping Worldwide *Quick Shipping upon receiving payment *A 100% ''No Holds Barred'' money back guarantee! ___________________________________________________________________________________ I am convinced you are going to like this set but if it doesn't meet your expectations for any reason just return it for a full refund! No Questions Asked! __________________________________________________________________________________ *Am I selling all this material for the $1000 dollars or more that is would cost you to put an original collection like this together?.............. No, not even for the price of a half dozen good gamefowl eggs! People typically pay this much or more for a reprint of just one of these books or even one issue of a vintage game magazine. Many of these items you are simply not going to find anywhere else. Click the Buy it Now button to purchase this complete collection on CD that includes the 15 gamefowl books,the 11 poultry raising books, the 18 gamefowl letters collection and more! All this comes in an attractive, ''Gift Quality'' case which looks like this: This CD set is in PDF format to be viewed on any computer. These CD's will not work in a DVD player. These files will work on any computer system. Each item has it's own file so you can quickly find what you want. Your PDF viewer is easily customized to fit you viewing needs for easy reading! This listing and compilation of books is © 2009 peacefulcreek ~All Rights Reserved~ May not be reproduced without specific written permission. No copyright laws have been violated in the production of this work. These CD's are not intended for any illegal use. They contain historical books for collectors and fanciers of gamefowls and gamefowl memorabilia. They contain valuable information that will help breeders raise gamefowl that remain true to bloodline standards and retain the ''wild'' character that is so appealing with these birds. This ''wildness'' makes these birds ideal for free range poultry as they are exceptional foragers, mothers, and breeders. They are the most hardy and beautiful chicken in the world and need to be preserved. These CD's are of vintage books and do not contain graphic Photographs, Videos, or Pictures of Cockfighting. There are no offers contained therein for the sale of cockfighting gear, apparatus or birds. Thank You! Assembled using the FreeForm Builder at robshelp.com Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.
