Project Gutenberg 2012-09-27 Public domain in the USA. 285 Burnham, Geo. P. (George Pickering) 1814 1902 Burnham, George P. (George Pickering) Burnham, G. P. (George Pickering) agr07001517 The History of the Hen Fever. A Humorous Record Produced by David Edwards, Veronika Redfern and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The History of the Hen Fever. A Humorous Record" by Geo. P. Burnham is a humorous account written in the mid-19th century. The work explores the peculiar trend of poultry breeding, notably focusing on the "hen fever" phenomenon that captivated a wide swath of society, from farmers to city dwellers. The narrative seems to revolve around the lives of various poultry enthusiasts and the absurdities of the poultry trade during this period. The opening of the book introduces the author’s early experience with the chicken breeding craze, which began in his home in Roxbury, Massachusetts, in the summer of 1849. He recounts a conversation with a friend who boasts about his extensive variety of fowl, highlighting the eccentricities and ambitions of poultry farmers. From there, the author reflects on his own journey into the poultry world, including ordering the exotic Cochin-China breed and setting the stage for the first brilliant poultry exhibition in Boston. With vivid descriptions and ironic commentary, the opening sets up a whimsical tone, hinting at the humorous misadventures that will follow as more characters become ensnared in the feverish race for unusual and impressive fowls. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40872/40872-h/images/th_cover.png Reading ease score: 68.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Poultry SF Text Browsing: Humour Category: Humour 540404 2025-06-16T15:11:12.563380 text/html 548397 2012-09-26T19:34:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 4765697 2025-06-16T15:11:31.473257 application/epub+zip 4757877 2025-06-16T15:11:17.589362 application/epub+zip 267244 2025-06-16T15:11:13.608309 application/epub+zip 5159585 2025-06-16T15:11:39.950259 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5068178 2025-06-16T15:11:26.959384 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354390 2022-09-18T17:07:04.278678 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 453287 2023-09-18T03:54:39.670992 text/plain 15212 2025-06-16T15:11:40.144206 application/rdf+xml 21566 2025-06-16T15:11:13.756298 image/jpeg 2678 2025-06-16T15:11:13.681358 image/jpeg 4522810 2025-06-16T15:11:12.820362 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog