Part 2

Management of ducks 18

Starting a plant (illustrated) 19

Buildings for breeding ducks (illustrated) 20

Brooding houses (illustrated) 22

Supplying water (illustrated) 29

Feeding 30

Mixing feed 32

How much to feed 32

Oyster shells and grit 33

Killing and dressing for market (illustrated) 33

Development of the duckling in the egg 34

Natural incubation 36

Artificial incubation 36

Geese

Standard breeds of geese 38

Gray Toulouse geese (illustrated) 38

White Embden geese (illustrated) 39

Gray African geese (illustrated) 40

Brown and White Chinese geese (illustrated) 41

Gray Wild geese (illustrated) 43

Colored Egyptian geese (illustrated) 43

Management of geese 44

Mating and setting 45

Feeding and dressing for market 47

Cross breeding (illustrated) 48

DUCKS AND GEESE.

DUCKS.

STANDARD BREEDS OF DUCKS.