. Wood Duck China Goose Australian Swan Canada Goose Some Recent Additions to the Poultry Yard rarely establish any really intimate relations with him. Some other species, as, for instance, the grebe, have been taught to dwell about the homes of man, accepting food from his hands. It is likely that more of these water fowl would have come into human associations were it not for the fact that they are naturally migratory, and when, after a season of domes- tication, they join a passing flock, they never return to the place where they have been kept. The swan, like the peacock, has been bred for
. Wood Duck China Goose Australian Swan Canada Goose Some Recent Additions to the Poultry Yard rarely establish any really intimate relations with him. Some other species, as, for instance, the grebe, have been taught to dwell about the homes of man, accepting food from his hands. It is likely that more of these water fowl would have come into human associations were it not for the fact that they are naturally migratory, and when, after a season of domes- tication, they join a passing flock, they never return to the place where they have been kept. The swan, like the peacock, has been bred for ornament rather than for use. In fact, the bird has no other merit
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