. Biggle poultry book;. Poultry. ii6 biggi^e; poui^try book. The Swan (Cygnus"), first cousin of the duck and the goose, is frequently referred to as the type of grace- ful beauty in outline and motion. There are numer- ous varieties, nearly all of them found in a wild state. Formerly the bird was served at feasts on special occasions, but it is now kept in private and public parks solely for ornamental purposes. DUCK NOTES. Quack ! Quack ! ! Quack ! ! ! Harvest-hatched ducks make good spring layers. Ducklinars will kill rose-bugs, and rose-bugs in large doses mil kill ducklings. Ducks be
. Biggle poultry book;. Poultry. ii6 biggi^e; poui^try book. The Swan (Cygnus"), first cousin of the duck and the goose, is frequently referred to as the type of grace- ful beauty in outline and motion. There are numer- ous varieties, nearly all of them found in a wild state. Formerly the bird was served at feasts on special occasions, but it is now kept in private and public parks solely for ornamental purposes. DUCK NOTES. Quack ! Quack ! ! Quack ! ! ! Harvest-hatched ducks make good spring layers. Ducklinars will kill rose-bugs, and rose-bugs in large doses mil kill ducklings. Ducks being water-fowl are warm-blooded and like water, but appreciate a dry floor to roost ou. Having a water-tight roof the floor can be kept in proper order with cut straw or leaves and dry earth. The litter should be short. The sex of ducks can easily be distinguished by the quack. The voice of the male is pitched in a high key and that of the female in a low key ; the male has a larger head and thicker neck and when in full feather one of the tail feathers is curled backward. White clover sod does not make a good pasture for duck- lines. Bees like white clover as well as ducklings, and conse quently the three get badly mixed up. The bee stings as he goes down the duckling's throat on a clover head, and the cai eei xii the bee and duckling both come to a sudden SINGLK Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob. [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, Wilmer Atkinson co.
Size: 2159px × 1157px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectpoultry, bookyear1913
