. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. ;ii(-> rill-: wiKitUAN rAi;Mi:i; s ,>sT()ck hook. to imioty OiTCJs in :i soason w luu well t\"(l. The llosh i-inls liardv. 'Plio woijiht of tlic hinls at six to cielit iiKinths old. if well t'alti-ncd. is from twoivo to fourtocn pountls. per [>air, and sixtocii i)ounds has l»t>('ii rcaclu'd. l"\ir loarinir iMitircly on liind, WO have not fonnd llicm so i^ood as ihc K'oucii oi' l\oan, Iml near laUos, ponds and stroanis (iu'ic aio no lu'dcr or more protitablo ducks. VII. Muscovy D
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. ;ii(-> rill-: wiKitUAN rAi;Mi:i; s ,>sT()ck hook. to imioty OiTCJs in :i soason w luu well t\"(l. The llosh i-inls liardv. 'Plio woijiht of tlic hinls at six to cielit iiKinths old. if well t'alti-ncd. is from twoivo to fourtocn pountls. per [>air, and sixtocii i)ounds has l»t>('ii rcaclu'd. l"\ir loarinir iMitircly on liind, WO have not fonnd llicm so i^ood as ihc K'oucii oi' l\oan, Iml near laUos, ponds and stroanis (iu'ic aio no lu'dcr or more protitablo ducks. VII. Muscovy Duck. Tlio Musk, or Brazilian diu'k was once rciiaidcd with jrroat favor, nnd cortainly thov arc lioth iiandsou'.c and laruc llic drakes ofton woiiiliing ten pounds The eolor is a very dark, ricli, lihie-lilack. prisiiiatie witli everv eolor of wliieii blue is a eompon('i\l ; tliere is a white I>ar on eaeh niiiL:', and more or less white alioul the iiead and neck. The feathers in the hack of the drake are liiu' and pluiui--like ; the Icii's and feet are dark. In warm elimates they are said to lie prolilie, hut oui' experience with them, A'ears a<ro, was thai tliev are neither hardy nor ji'ood layers. They are readily distiniiuislied by the red membrane surrounding the eyes anil coverinLT the 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 Periam, Jonathan. [from old catalog]; Baker, A. H. , [from old catalog] joint author. St. Louis, Mo. , N. D. Thompson & co.
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