. Our farm and building book. . There are five other kinds of geese,as follows: African, Embden, Chinese (Brownand White varieties), Wild or Cana-dian, and Egyptian geese. Ducks There are eight or ten breeds ofducks, but the most common ones arethe White Pekin, White Aylesbury,Colored Rouen, Black Cayuga, Mus-covy and Blue Swedish. Of thesevarieties, the White Pekin seems tobe the most popular in the market. Itis the leading variety grown for profit. White Pekins do not hatch theirown eggs. They are good layers,hardy, easily raised, mature early andmake a splendid fowl. The maturedrake weighs
. Our farm and building book. . There are five other kinds of geese,as follows: African, Embden, Chinese (Brownand White varieties), Wild or Cana-dian, and Egyptian geese. Ducks There are eight or ten breeds ofducks, but the most common ones arethe White Pekin, White Aylesbury,Colored Rouen, Black Cayuga, Mus-covy and Blue Swedish. Of thesevarieties, the White Pekin seems tobe the most popular in the market. Itis the leading variety grown for profit. White Pekins do not hatch theirown eggs. They are good layers,hardy, easily raised, mature early andmake a splendid fowl. The maturedrake weighs 8 pounds, mature ducks7 pounds. Turkeys Those who understand the breedingand care of turkeys generally make asuccess in a small way. All such sidelines add to the interest of farm life;and turkeys add very much to the vari-ety of the table in winter. Turkeys are great fresh air only difficulty in raising turkeyson a farm is to get them past the infantstage. The greatest danger to youngturkeys is a cold, wet storm. 91. Cultivating Orchards Orchard work must fit the some sections the rainfall is justabout right, while in other placesthere is either too much or too little. Clean cultivation often is recom-mended without any always some kind of cultivationis necessary during the weeks of earlyspring. A hillside orchard may needhand digging about the trees, to befollowed with a good thick mulch,while an orchard on level ground mayrequire clean cultivation the seasonthrough, and still another needs acover crop after the middle of thesummer. Sometimes the cultivation shouldend with the planting of a cover cropabout the first of August. The sameorchard, in a droughty year, shouldhave the soil stirred until the cropof apples is matured in the fall. A drouth one year affects the treesthe next year. By cultivating earlyand late, the moisture is held and thetrees do not suffer. But if cultivationis stopped during a dry season thesame time as when th
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