Excerpt from Poultry Fancier, Vol. 13: June, 1909 The first edition of this book was compiled thirty-two years ago by Mr. A. I. Root, who stated in the preface that a great; part of the book was really the work of other people, his task being to collect, condense, verify and uti lize what had been scattered through thousands of letters. Since the book first appeared it has gone through many editions, and the present edition is the outcome of many years of research and study by the leading exponents of bee keep ing in this country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.