. Agriculture for common schools. Agriculture. POULTRY 345. A PAIR OF PEKIN DUCKS the most popular and profitable. The Pekin is the one mostly raised on the duck ranches. The Indian Runner duck is the best layer of the duck breeds and is being kept more and more for egg-production. It is thought that all breeds of ducks, except the Mus- covy, originated from the wild Mallard duck. The Muscovy duck is quite distinct from all others and its origin is not definitely known, but is believed to have been in Peru. This breed is rather bad-tempered. Geese.—Geese have not received much at- tention by p
. Agriculture for common schools. Agriculture. POULTRY 345. A PAIR OF PEKIN DUCKS the most popular and profitable. The Pekin is the one mostly raised on the duck ranches. The Indian Runner duck is the best layer of the duck breeds and is being kept more and more for egg-production. It is thought that all breeds of ducks, except the Mus- covy, originated from the wild Mallard duck. The Muscovy duck is quite distinct from all others and its origin is not definitely known, but is believed to have been in Peru. This breed is rather bad-tempered. Geese.—Geese have not received much at- tention by poultrymen and the different breeds are not very distinct. There are five popular breeds: Toulouse, Emb- den, Chinese, African, and Wild, or Canada, Goose. The last-named has not been fully do- mesticated and has to A TOULOUSE GANDER bc kcpt confiued. With First prize at Madison Square Garden, ^y.^ ovrxi^i-ifi'rkn nf fVio New York City. Poultry Show tnc CXCCptlOn 01 tUC. 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 Fisher, Martin L. [from old catalog]; Cotton, Fassett A. (Fassett Allen), 1862-1941, joint author. New York, C. Scribner's sons
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