Ducks and Geese

Name: Ducks and Geese
Author: Lamon, Harry M.

Lamon, Harry M.

Ducks; Geese

Preparing
  ducks for the show, 38
  geese for the show, 161

Prevention of disease in ducklings, 98

Prices
  of duck breeding stock and eggs, 7
  of duck feathers, 118
  of goose breeding stock and eggs, 163
  of goose feathers, 212
  of market ducks, 110
  of market geese, 188
  of mongrel geese, 208
  of specially fattened geese, 208

Prince Edward Island geese, 201

Production, yearly, of feathers from live geese, 213

Profits from duck farming, 54

Protecting feed of geese from other stock, 171

Puddle ducks, 9

Pulling broken feathers
  in ducks, 38
  in geese, 161

Purple barring in Black East India ducks, 29

Purple rump in Rouen drake, 24


Q

Quilling in ducklings, 100


R

Range
  for fattening geese, 199
  for geese, 164

Rapidity of growth of goslings, 184

Rations
  for breeding ducks, 63, 125
  for breeding geese, 169
  for ducklings, 92, 132
  for fattening geese, 195, 197,  203
  for goslings, 183

Rats as source of loss in ducklings, 101

Red in plumage of Blue Swedish, 33

Removing
  baby ducks to the brooder, 80
  newly hatched goslings from the nest, 176

Reviving goslings chilled by rain, 181

Rhode Island geese, 200

Ribbon or wing bar, absence of, in Gray Call, 28

Ring, white,
  in Buff ducks, 36
  in Rouen, 24
  width of, in Rouen, 24

Roach back in ducks, 19

Rouen duck, 23

Roughage
  for fattening geese, 195, 199, 204
  in rations for geese, 170

Round head in Runner ducks, 37

Runner duck, 36


S

Sand, feeding,
  to breeding ducks, 66
  to ducklings, 86, 93
  to goslings, 183

Scalding market
  ducks, 105
  geese, 209

Sebastapol goose, 148

Selection of breeding ducks, 19
  on commercial plants, 56
  on general farms, 134

Selection of breeding geese, 154

Selection of duck eggs for hatching, 73

Selecting the breed of ducks, 122

Separating growing goslings from old stock, 182

Septicemia, goose or hemorrhagic, 186

Sex
  in ducks, distinguishing, 13, 135
  in geese, distinguishing, 165

Shade
  for breeding ducks, 60
  for fattening summer geese, 202
  for goslings, 182
  for growing ducklings, 92

Sharp backs in Runner ducks, 37

Shaving market geese to remove down, 209

Shelter
  for fattening geese, 199, 203
  for growing goslings, 181

Shipping
  dressed ducks, 109
  dressed geese, 208
  hatching eggs,
    duck, 40
    geese, 162

Shipping live geese for fattening, 201

Short legs in Runner ducks, 37

Shrinking in shipping ducks alive, 116

Size
  of breeding ducks, 19
  of breeds of ducks, 14
  of breeds of geese, 150
  of duck eggs, 16
  of duck farms, 42, 44, 46
  of flocks of breeding ducks, 46
  of flocks of ducks on general farms, 121
  of flocks of fattening geese, 195, 196, 199, 202
  of goose eggs, 151
  of male and female Muscovy, 30
  of mating in ducks, 20, 123
  of mating in geese, 152
  of sitting of duck eggs, 7, 129
  of sitting of goose eggs, 163, 174

Slate on backs
  of young Embden geese, 156
  of young White Chinese geese, 159

Smooth head in Muscovy duck, 29

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Ducks and GeeseLamon, Harry M.

Science

Ducks and Geese

Lamon, Harry M.

Ducks; Geese

Preparing
  ducks for the show, 38
  geese for the show, 161

Prevention of disease in ducklings, 98

Prices
  of duck breeding stock and eggs, 7
  of duck feathers, 118
  of goose breeding stock and eggs, 163
  of goose feathers, 212
  of market ducks, 110
  of market geese, 188
  of mongrel geese, 208
  of specially fattened geese, 208

Prince Edward Island geese, 201

Production, yearly, of feathers from live geese, 213

Profits from duck farming, 54

Protecting feed of geese from other stock, 171

Puddle ducks, 9

Pulling broken feathers
  in ducks, 38
  in geese, 161

Purple barring in Black East India ducks, 29

Purple rump in Rouen drake, 24


Q

Quilling in ducklings, 100


R

Range
  for fattening geese, 199
  for geese, 164

Rapidity of growth of goslings, 184

Rations
  for breeding ducks, 63, 125
  for breeding geese, 169
  for ducklings, 92, 132
  for fattening geese, 195, 197,  203
  for goslings, 183

Rats as source of loss in ducklings, 101

Red in plumage of Blue Swedish, 33

Removing
  baby ducks to the brooder, 80
  newly hatched goslings from the nest, 176

Reviving goslings chilled by rain, 181

Rhode Island geese, 200

Ribbon or wing bar, absence of, in Gray Call, 28

Ring, white,
  in Buff ducks, 36
  in Rouen, 24
  width of, in Rouen, 24

Roach back in ducks, 19

Rouen duck, 23

Roughage
  for fattening geese, 195, 199, 204
  in rations for geese, 170

Round head in Runner ducks, 37

Runner duck, 36


S

Sand, feeding,
  to breeding ducks, 66
  to ducklings, 86, 93
  to goslings, 183

Scalding market
  ducks, 105
  geese, 209

Sebastapol goose, 148

Selection of breeding ducks, 19
  on commercial plants, 56
  on general farms, 134

Selection of breeding geese, 154

Selection of duck eggs for hatching, 73

Selecting the breed of ducks, 122

Separating growing goslings from old stock, 182

Septicemia, goose or hemorrhagic, 186

Sex
  in ducks, distinguishing, 13, 135
  in geese, distinguishing, 165

Shade
  for breeding ducks, 60
  for fattening summer geese, 202
  for goslings, 182
  for growing ducklings, 92

Sharp backs in Runner ducks, 37

Shaving market geese to remove down, 209

Shelter
  for fattening geese, 199, 203
  for growing goslings, 181

Shipping
  dressed ducks, 109
  dressed geese, 208
  hatching eggs,
    duck, 40
    geese, 162

Shipping live geese for fattening, 201

Short legs in Runner ducks, 37

Shrinking in shipping ducks alive, 116

Size
  of breeding ducks, 19
  of breeds of ducks, 14
  of breeds of geese, 150
  of duck eggs, 16
  of duck farms, 42, 44, 46
  of flocks of breeding ducks, 46
  of flocks of ducks on general farms, 121
  of flocks of fattening geese, 195, 196, 199, 202
  of goose eggs, 151
  of male and female Muscovy, 30
  of mating in ducks, 20, 123
  of mating in geese, 152
  of sitting of duck eggs, 7, 129
  of sitting of goose eggs, 163, 174

Slate on backs
  of young Embden geese, 156
  of young White Chinese geese, 159

Smooth head in Muscovy duck, 29

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Ducks and Geese

Ducks and Geese

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