. The Farm-poultry . Before thai,and for some time after, it was sometimes called WhiteEnglish. In America both these names were used at thetime of the introduction of the breed, about the middleof the last century, and it was also sometimes calledsimply the English duck. The Aylesbury duck in England, and as brought tothis country, seems to have had every merit of the Pekinexcept hardiness and the high average prolificacy thatgoes with that quality. The Aylesbury duck, as it is inEngland now, lias been reinvigorated by crossing withthe Iekin alter the introduction of the latter about forty ye
. The Farm-poultry . Before thai,and for some time after, it was sometimes called WhiteEnglish. In America both these names were used at thetime of the introduction of the breed, about the middleof the last century, and it was also sometimes calledsimply the English duck. The Aylesbury duck in England, and as brought tothis country, seems to have had every merit of the Pekinexcept hardiness and the high average prolificacy thatgoes with that quality. The Aylesbury duck, as it is inEngland now, lias been reinvigorated by crossing withthe Iekin alter the introduction of the latter about forty years ago. The modern Aylesbury seems to be con-sidered much superior to the Pekin there, but themodern Aylesburys that have occasionally been im-ported by our market duck growers to cross with Pekins,or to try in comparison with them, have not gained theslightest favor with the growers, and one rarely sees orhears of an Aylesbury duck in this country — that is, sofar as reports or acknowledgement go. I have always. \ ^ LESBl m 1)1 ( K. Photograph from B, T. Brown. suspected that if the influence of Aylesburys, importedinto this country by market thick growers, could havebeen plainly traced, it would be found that the minglingof blood had been more beneficial than at first is no reason why it should not be. The differencebetween the typical Aylesbury and Pekin is not by anymeans characteristic of the general run of good stuck ofeither—if we may judge by pictures of Hocks, and if no benefit has come from crossing, it must be because ofconditions relating to the few experiments made. The most distinctive differences between the Ayles-bury and the Pekin duck are the color of the bill which,in the former, is a pinkish flesh color: and the greaterwhiteness of the skin and plumage. The bill and legsare not the same color in the Aylesbury, the legs l>eing abright orange. What ducks I have seen shown as Aylee-burys in this country have rarely differed from Iekinsas
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