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The Encyclopedia of Historic and Endangered Livestock and Poultry Breeds
The Encyclopedia of Historic and Endangered Livestock and Poultry Breeds
Author: Janet Vorwald Dohner
The hardy, multipurpose Dominique chickens that came to the New World with the Pilgrims and later traveled in pioneer saddlebags to help settle the West were once too numerous to count; by 1990 a mere 500 hens survived. This is but a single example of the diminishing diversity of farm animals: half of once-common livestock breeds are endange...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780300088809
ISBN-10: 0300088809
Publication Date: 12/1/2001
Pages: 592
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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