Twenty Lessons On Poultry Keeping : Kessinger Publishing : 9781120047472 : 1120047471 : 26 Aug 2009 : ""Twenty Lessons On Poultry Keeping"" is an educational book on raising and caring for poultry, written by Charley Thoman Patterson and published in 1916. The book was prepared under the direction of the American Poultry Association and aims to provide an elementary treatise on the subject for both beginners and experienced poultry keepers. The book is divided into twenty chapters, each covering a different aspect of poultry keeping such as breeds, housing, feeding, breeding, incubation, and disease prevention. The author provides detailed information on selecting and caring for different breeds of chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys, as well as practical advice on constructing and maintaining coops, runs, and other housing structures. The book also includes information on feeding and nutrition, covering topics such as what to feed poultry, how to provide a balanced diet, and how to pr