The World of Pigeons: 3 Classic Books on Raising and Breeding
Classic Guides to Loft Management, Breeding, Feeding, Racing, and ExhibitionBy John S. Trecartin, John H. Robinson, Carl Dare
Length11h 56m
About this audiobook
The World of Pigeons gathers three classic practical works into a compact history of aviculture, pairing instruction in raising and breeding with the observational knowledge that has long made pigeons objects of domestic, sporting, and scientific interest. Its pages range from methodical advice on housing, feeding, health, selection, and mating to discussions of varieties, standards, and the patient craft of improving a flock. The collection's significance lies in its preservation of hands-on expertise: a record of how fanciers translated close attention to plumage, form, behavior, and heredity into durable breeding practice. John S. Trecartin, John H. Robinson, and Carl Dare represent the tradition of the pigeon fancier as breeder, recorder, and teacher. Read together, their manuals illuminate a culture in which amateur natural history, agricultural husbandry, exhibition standards, and early practical understandings of inheritance intersected. Their differing emphases make the volume more than a set of instructions; it becomes a composite account of the communities, values, and accumulated experiments that shaped pigeon keeping. Recommended for breeders, animal-history readers, and students of domestic science, this volume offers an unusually rich opportunity to compare approaches within a single field. It rewards practical consultation while inviting reflection on the relationship between care, classification, selective breeding, and human-animal companionship. Readers will find both useful guidance and a revealing dialogue among classic voices in aviculture.
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature, Literary Classics
Length11 hrs 56 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Raising P. V. Squabs for Profit
2Raising P. V. Squabs for Profit
3CHAPTER II.
4Profitable Squab Breeding
5Profitable Squab Breeding
Show all chaptersShow less
6CHAPTER I
7CHAPTER V
8CHAPTER VIII
9Our Domestic Birds: Elementary Lessons in Aviculture
10Our Domestic Birds: Elementary Lessons in Aviculture
11PREFACE
12CHAPTER III SPECIES AND THEIR DIVISIONS IN DOMESTIC BIRDS
13CHAPTER V MANAGEMENT OF FOWLS
14CHAPTER VI DUCKS
15CHAPTER IX MANAGEMENT OF GEESE
16CHAPTER XIII PEAFOWLS
17CHAPTER XVIII MANAGEMENT OF PIGEONS
18CHAPTER XX DISTRIBUTION OF MARKET PRODUCTS
19CHAPTER XXII OCCUPATIONS RELATED TO AVICULTURE
A Brief History of IntelligenceMax S. Bennett12h 18m4.6 (6.6K)$29 · $0.00
The Story of BirdsSteve Brusatte11h 49m4.6 (401)$29 · $0.00
LiftoffEric Berger9h 4m4.6 (9.5K)$29 · $0.00
Black Earth WisdomLeah Penniman11h 54m4.6 (577)$8 · $0.00
Total Cat MojoJackson Galaxy10h 13m4.5 (8.4K)$23 · $0.00
My Life Among the UnderdogsTia Torres5h 51m4.5 (4K)$24 · $0.00
What It Takes to Save a LifeKwane Stewart6h4.6 (556)$24 · $0.00
Pastoral SongJames Rebanks8h 35m4.5 (12K)$26 · $0.00
How Stella Learned to TalkChristina Hunger7h4.5 (10.9K)$24 · $0.00
Craig & FredCraig Grossi8h 6m4.5 (9.6K)$26 · $0.00
Celebrating BirdsNatalia Rojas, Ana Maria Martinez6h 47m4.6 (330)$24 · $0.00
Saving JemimaJulie Zickefoose4h 59m4.5 (749)$20 · $0.00
Will's Red CoatTom Ryan8h 23m4.5 (2.3K)$26 · $0.00
Of Time and TurtlesSy Montgomery10h 34m4.5 (5K)$29 · $0.00
Zen and the Art of Saving the PlanetThich Nhat Hanh9h 20m4.5 (3.9K)$29 · $0.00
Bottle of LiesKatherine Eban14h 25m4.4 (12K)$33 · $0.00
IngrainedCallum Robinson8h 10m4.5 (1.1K)$26 · $0.00
The Lion Tracker's Guide To LifeBoyd Varty3h 1m4.4 (4.8K)$18 · $0.00
Born for LoveBruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz11h 42m4.4 (4K)$29 · $0.00
The Mountains of California (With Original Drawings & Photographs) (Annotated)John Muir11h 35m4.5 (1.1K)$2 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
These Precious DaysAnn Patchett11h 14m4.5 (45.2K)$29 · $0.00
The Gulag Archipelago Volume 3Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn21h 56m4.7 (8.9K)$46 · $0.00
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m4.6 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m4.6 (9.3K)$18 · $0.00
The Complete Histories / History Plays of William Shakespeare (Annotated)William Shakespeare29h 42m4.6 (2.3K)$1.99 · $0.00
Braving the TruthRachel Held Evans11h 31m4.7 (359)$29 · $0.00
The Old Man and the Sea (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway4h 27m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Twelfth Night (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography (Annotated)William Shakespeare, Sidney Lee16h 38m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Henry V (The Play, Historical Background and Analysis of the Character in the Play)William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt8h 40m4.6 (1.3K)$1 · $0.00
H. P. LOVECRAFT Ultimate Collection: Novellas, Short Stories, Poetry & Essays (Annotated)H. P. Lovecraft12h 28m4.6 (2.3K)$2 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust15h 54m4.5 (10.6K)$2 · $0.00
TORAH - Bilingual Edition: English/Hebrew (Annotated)Max Margolis, JPS28h 26m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
Betty Crocker picture cooky bookBetty Crocker, Inc. General Mills2h 13m4.5 (6.5K)$1 · $0.00
The Complete Tales of Beatrix PotterBeatrix Potter3h 36m4.5 (75K)$3 · $0.00
Crime and Punishment (The Unabridged Garnett Translation) (Annotated)Fyodor Dostoevsky24h 25m4.5 (15.4K)$1.99 · $0.00
The North American IndianEdward S. Curtis, Frederick Webb Hodge6h4.5 (1.2K)$2 · $0.00
The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Uncensored 13 Chapter Version + The Revised 20 Chapter Version (Annotated)Oscar Wilde16h 12m4.5 (2.8K)$1.99 · $0.00
Grimoire Of The Everyday WitchIsadora Lys / Virginia Santos5h 35m4.5 (3.9K)$9 · $0.00
Winnie-the-PoohAlan Alexander Milne2h 52m4.5 (401.1K)$3 · $0.00
You may also like
Knots, Splices and Rope WorkA. Hyatt Verrill1h 1m3.7 (1.3K)$2.30
The Mess That We MadeMichelle Lord14m4.4 (689)$5 · $0.00
Soft Candy for BeesBurton N. Gates8m$2 · $0.00
How to SurviveKenny Abdo16m$2
Lamb Slaughtering, Cutting, Preserving, and Cooking on the FarmWilliam R. Jones, H. Russell Cross, E. Curtis Green, Anthony Kotula, R. L. West5m$2 · $0.00
Flytraps and Their OperationF. C. Bishopp36m$2.30
Deadfalls and SnaresA. R. Harding3h 46m4.0 (894)$1 · $0.00
Comb HoneyGeo. S. Demuth1h 48m$1 · $0.00
Amateur Fish CultureCharles Edward Walker1h 2m3.9 (29)$2 · $0.00
Making a Poultry HouseMary Roberts Conover4m$2 · $0.00
Creatures with CamoJulie Murray10m$2
Field Mice as Farm and Orchard PestsDavid E. Lantz21m$2 · $0.00
Methods of Destroying RatsDavid E. Lantz15m$2 · $0.00
Hints on Bobcat TrappingStanley Paul Young18m$1 · $0.00
Round the Year with Enid Blyton—Winter BookEnid Blyton1h 58m$1 · $0.00
Amphibians and Reptiles in CaptivityDonald J. Coxwell, Tom R. Johnson, Robert N. Bader1h 10m$1 · $0.00
The BedbugC. L. Marlatt35m$2.30
Deadfalls and SnaresA. R. Harding3h 55m4.0 (185)$2 · $0.00
The art and mystery of curing, preserving, and pottingAnonymous4h 49m$1 · $0.00
Botany: The Science of Plant LifeNorman Taylor9h 50m$1.99 · $0.00