Natural and Artificial Duck Culture

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Natural and Artificial Duck Culture by James Rankin.

Contents

• NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL DUCK CULTURE5
• JAMES RANKIN6
• BIRDS-EYE VIEW MAPLEWOOD FARM. JAMES RANKIN, PROPRIETOR.7
• INTRODUCTION.8
• Natural and Artificial Duck Culture.10
• Duck Culture an Important Industry.10
• Pond or Lake Not Necessary.11
• Ducks In Great Demand for Food.11
• Raising Poultry in the Country.13
• Raise Ducks and Chicks.14
• Select A Good Site.14
• Advantages with Ducks.15
• Locate Near a Railroad.16
• Arrange the Buildings.16
• Warm, Cheap, and Rat-proof.16
• The Outside Plan of a Breeding and Brooding House17
• Use Half the Pens for Feeding Purposes.18
• The Room for Mixing Feed.18
• Water Not Needed.19
• Free Range Unnecessary.20
• The Mode of Feeding.20
• The Pekin Duck.20
• The Pekin Duck.22
• The Pekin Combines the Best Points.22
• Feathers are Pure White.23
• Ready for Market 3 Months Earlier.25
• The Superiority of Artificial Poultry Growing.26
• Do Not Have Neighbors Too Near.27
• CAYUGA DUCKS.28
• ROUEN DUCKS.29
• AYLESBURY DUCKS.32
• My Farm.33
• The Muscovy Duck.33
• The Indian Runner Duck.34
• Disinfecting.35
• In-Breeding.36
• Crossing.37
• Aylesburys.38
• Precocity.39
• First-Class Breeding Stock.40
• How to Begin.40
• Keep the Feed Clean.41
• How to Feed Breeding Ducks for Eggs.42
• Incubators.43
• Best Place for Incubators.46
• Suitable Buildings.47
• OUR INCUBATOR HOUSE.48
• How to Keep Eggs for Incubation.49
• How to Choose and Use Thermometers.50
• How to Turn Eggs.51
• Hatching the Eggs.52
• Figure 1.—Showing First Indication of Fertility.55
• Figure 2.—Egg at End of 48 Hours.57
• Figure 3.—Egg at End of 72 Hours.58
• Figure 4.—Egg at End of 96 Hours.59
• Figure 5.—Egg at End of 120 Hours.60
• Figure 6.—Egg at End of 144 Hours.62
• Figure 7.—A Dead Embryo.63
• Figure 8.—Egg After 192 Hours.64
• Figure 9.66
• Figure 10.67
• Be sure and Follow Instructions.68
• Forcing the Bird Reduces the Vitality of the Egg.69
• The Absolute Necessity of Good Breeding Stock.70
• Caring for the Ducklings when Hatched.71
• Figure 11.—Brooder.72
• Advantages of the Heating System.73
• Interior Arrangement of Brooding-House.75
• BROODING HOUSE. (Fig. 12.)76
• PLAN OF BROODING HOUSE. (Fig. 13.)76
• How to Remove the Ducklings Without Injury.78
• How to Feed.79
• INSIDE PLAN OF DOUBLE BROODING HOUSE.81
• Regulation of Heat in Brooders.84
• The Sanitary Arrangements.85
• OUR DOUBLE BROODING HOUSE. (South side.)86
• OUR DOUBLE BROODING HOUSE. (North side.)87
• The Necessity of Green Food.88
• WEST SIDE OF LANE.89
• OUR TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED BREEDING DUCKS. Kodak standing in centre of yard.90
• Careful Watering Even More Essential Than Food.93
• How to Select Breeding Stock.95
• Method of Dressing Ducklings.97
• How to Ship Poultry.99
• Disinfecting the Ground a Necessity.100
• Natural Duck-Culture.102
• Handle Your Hens Carefully.103
• Diarrhœa.105
• Abnormal Livers.105
• Ducklings must be Carefully Yarded While Young.106
• FORMULAS FOR FEEDING DUCKS.109
• For Breeding Birds.109
• For Laying Birds.109
• For Feeding at Different Stages of Growth.109
• QUESTION BUREAU.111
• Our Imperial Pekin Ducks.120
• TESTIMONIALS.122
• PEKIN DUCKS.122
• What the Boston Marketmen Say About Our Ducks.134
• THE INCUBATOR AND ITS USE143
• What is Worth Crowing Over144
• MICO-SPAR CUBICAL GRIT?144
• MICA CRYSTAL GRIT145
• PAROID ROOFING146
• "IT LASTS"146
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE149

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