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James Rankin. Natural and Artificial Duck Culture
Natural and Artificial Duck Culture
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Natural and Artificial Duck Culture
Duck Culture an Important Industry
Pond or Lake Not Necessary
Ducks In Great Demand for Food
Raising Poultry in the Country
Raise Ducks and Chicks
Select A Good Site
Advantages with Ducks
Locate Near a Railroad
Arrange the Buildings
Warm, Cheap, and Rat-proof
The Outside Plan of a Breeding and Brooding House
Use Half the Pens for Feeding Purposes
The Room for Mixing Feed
Water Not Needed
Free Range Unnecessary
The Mode of Feeding
The Pekin Duck
The Pekin Duck
The Pekin Combines the Best Points
Feathers are Pure White
Ready for Market 3 Months Earlier
The Superiority of Artificial Poultry Growing
Do Not Have Neighbors Too Near
CAYUGA DUCKS
ROUEN DUCKS
AYLESBURY DUCKS
My Farm
The Muscovy Duck
The Indian Runner Duck
Disinfecting
In-Breeding
Crossing
Aylesburys
Precocity
First-Class Breeding Stock
How to Begin
Keep the Feed Clean
How to Feed Breeding Ducks for Eggs
Incubators
Best Place for Incubators
Suitable Buildings
OUR INCUBATOR HOUSE
How to Keep Eggs for Incubation
How to Choose and Use Thermometers
How to Turn Eggs
Hatching the Eggs
Figure 1.—Showing First Indication of Fertility
Figure 2.—Egg at End of 48 Hours
Figure 3.—Egg at End of 72 Hours
Figure 4.—Egg at End of 96 Hours
Figure 5.—Egg at End of 120 Hours
Figure 6.—Egg at End of 144 Hours
Figure 7.—A Dead Embryo
Figure 8.—Egg After 192 Hours
Figure 9
Figure 10
Be sure and Follow Instructions
Forcing the Bird Reduces the Vitality of the Egg
The Absolute Necessity of Good Breeding Stock
Caring for the Ducklings when Hatched
Figure 11.—Brooder
Advantages of the Heating System
Interior Arrangement of Brooding-House
BROODING HOUSE. (Fig. 12.)
PLAN OF BROODING HOUSE. (Fig. 13.)
How to Remove the Ducklings Without Injury
How to Feed
INSIDE PLAN OF DOUBLE BROODING HOUSE
Regulation of Heat in Brooders
The Sanitary Arrangements
OUR DOUBLE BROODING HOUSE. (South side.)
OUR DOUBLE BROODING HOUSE. (North side.)
The Necessity of Green Food
WEST SIDE OF LANE
OUR TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED BREEDING DUCKS. Kodak standing in centre of yard
Careful Watering Even More Essential Than Food
How to Select Breeding Stock
Method of Dressing Ducklings
How to Ship Poultry
Disinfecting the Ground a Necessity
Natural Duck-Culture
Handle Your Hens Carefully
Diarrhœa
Abnormal Livers
Ducklings must be Carefully Yarded While Young
FORMULAS FOR FEEDING DUCKS
For Breeding Birds
For Laying Birds
For Feeding at Different Stages of Growth
QUESTION BUREAU
Our Imperial Pekin Ducks
TESTIMONIALS
PEKIN DUCKS
What the Boston Marketmen Say About Our Ducks
THE INCUBATOR AND ITS USE
By JAMES RANKIN
What is Worth Crowing Over
MICO-SPAR CUBICAL GRIT?
MICA CRYSTAL GRIT
PAROID ROOFING
"IT LASTS"
