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ext.rare, The History of Hungarian Poultry Feathers (1970)


The only copy worldwide, never published. It was written with a typewriter

with numerous orig. B/W photos of that era, plus an original goose feather has been attached to the front cover.  The title on the front cover is handwritten.

A curiosity, an all-encompassing, thorough work summarizing the history of Hungarian poultry feathers.

The book was made on behalf of the Feather Processing Factory of the National Poultry Industry Company for the 100th anniversary of the Hungarian poultry industry, April 1970

written by Janos Simon 


Binding: Whole silk ribs (ribbed silk fabric) 
262 pp / 22 x 30 cm / 1,7 Kg

Content:

the poultry feather and its significance

The biologist about the feather
Physical features of poultry feathers
Feather types and graduation
The economic importance of poultry feathers
Goose-duck herd and feather production
Purchase of materials
Industrial processing of feathers
Feather sales
Prehistory of waterfowl farming and feather use

The unfolding of capitalism
Customs trade until 1870
Poultry feathers until the turn of the century
The beginning of the 20th century
Establishment of the first feather producer companies in Hungary

Between the two world wars
The period of the First World War
Years of consolidation
World War II
Decorative feathers
Data on feather prooducing and trading companies


25 years after the second world war

Establishment of the state-owned company
The seven years before the counter-revolution
What has happened to this day
Looking to the future
Terimpex on today's feather export
Memories of the employees 
Results

Appendices

1. Data on poultry flocks
2. Import and export of feathers between 1882-1913
3. Data on the German-Hungarian feather trade between 1882-1913
4. Data on the Austro-Hungarian feather trade between 1882-1913
5. Import and export of feathers between 1914-1944
6. Data on state feather purchases between 1949-1969
7. Sales turnover of a state-owned company between 1949-1969
8. Inventory of articles
9. Sampling and testing of poultry feathers according to standard
10.Raw, white-variegated torn goose-duck feathers, as standard
11.Raw, white-variegated goose duck feathers, as standard

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