Agriculture .. . e of the bran or middlings with a little finely mincedmeat. The bread is mixed stiff with milk and baked. After the youngbirds are some six or seven weeks old, if they have done well up to thattime, they become quite hardy and may be fed upon any of the foodssuitable for chickens. They should then be given great freedom of range,and will need little, if any, protection from the weather. cxlv—DUCKS. 847. General considerations — The business of raising ducks as tablefowls has enormously increased within the past twenty-five years. Some ofthe very largest establishments engaged
Agriculture .. . e of the bran or middlings with a little finely mincedmeat. The bread is mixed stiff with milk and baked. After the youngbirds are some six or seven weeks old, if they have done well up to thattime, they become quite hardy and may be fed upon any of the foodssuitable for chickens. They should then be given great freedom of range,and will need little, if any, protection from the weather. cxlv—DUCKS. 847. General considerations — The business of raising ducks as tablefowls has enormously increased within the past twenty-five years. Some ofthe very largest establishments engaged in any branch of poultry farmingmake the production of ducks a specialty. Ducks are comparatively easilyraised and the business appears to be quite profitable. 822 AGRICULTURE; CXLVI — BREEDS OF DUCKS. 848. Pekin ducks — The Pekin duck is white and is the best marketduck. The body is very long and deep, the legs and toes of a reddishorange color. It is easily grown, it is hardy and does well in close con-. Fig 286. Pekin courtesy of D. E. Salmon, ChiefBureau of Animal Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. finement. The females are prolific layers of large white eggs. The adultdrake should weigh about 8 pounds, females 7 pounds, the young drake orfemale one pound less. 849. Aylesbury — The Aylesbury duck resembles the Pekin though thebody is more oval, plumage whiter but not so soft, legs and bill lighter yel-low. The standard weight is one pound heavier than that of the breed is not as popular in America as the latter. 850. Rouen — Rouen ducks have dark colored plumage. This is ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. 823 against the breed for market, as the dressed fowl does not present soattractive an appearance. Rouen ducks are quick growers and excellentfor home use. They reach about the same weights as the Aylesbury.
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