. The open door to independence; making money from the soil; what to do--how to do, on city lots, suburban grounds, country farms, together with outline maps of all parts of the United States, irrigated regions, climates, cities, villages, market towns, locations and populations . ter untilthey are eight weeks, when theyare penned and fattened for mar-ket. On the other hand, thereare raisers having no water ontheir farms, except in wells, whoare just as successful and raiseas many birds as those who havethe water. The only noticeable differencebetween upland and waterducks is that the latter a
. The open door to independence; making money from the soil; what to do--how to do, on city lots, suburban grounds, country farms, together with outline maps of all parts of the United States, irrigated regions, climates, cities, villages, market towns, locations and populations . ter untilthey are eight weeks, when theyare penned and fattened for mar-ket. On the other hand, thereare raisers having no water ontheir farms, except in wells, whoare just as successful and raiseas many birds as those who havethe water. The only noticeable differencebetween upland and waterducks is that the latter are ofcleaner and prettier plumage thanthe former. There are twelve standard va-rieties of ducks raised in thiscountry, as follows: The WhitePekin, White Aylesbury, ColoredRouen, Black Cayuga, ColoredMuscovy, White ?Muscovy, IndianRunner, Gray Call, White Call,Black East India, Crested White,and Blue Swedish. Of these va-rieties, the first seven are con-sidered profitable to raise; thetwo varieties of Calls and theBlack East India are bantams,and are bred more for the show-room; the Crested White may beconsidered as almost purely orna-mental, while at present but littleis known of the Blue Swedish inthis country. Of all the ducks for farm andpractical purposes none stands. White Pekin duck and drake. higher in popular esteem than theWhite Pekin. It is valuable forraising on a large scale and isthe most easily raised of all. Itis a very timid bird and must behandled quite carefully. It wasimported from China in the earlyseventies, and has steadily grownin popularity since its Introduc-tion into this country. These ducksare large, they are the best oftable fowls and excellent layers. The Colored Rouen duck is de-servedly popular throughout thiscountry, and is considered oneof the most profitable varietiesto keep. These ducks are saidto have come originally from thecity of Rouen, in Normandy. Theflesh is considered very delicateand the breed is easily fattened. The Black Cayuga is
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