White on neck of Cayuga, 26 White Runner duck, 37 Wild or Canadian goose, 159 Windpipe as indication of age in ducks, 56 Wing bar, absence of, in Gray Call females, 28 Wood duck, 10 Y Yards for breeding ducks, 58, 128 for breeding geese, 168 for fattening ducklings, 91 for fattening geese, 203 for goslings, 181 Yellow bills in Blue Swedish, 34 in Rouen females, 25 Yellow, loss of, legs and bills of Pekin with laying, 56 Yellow on knob of African geese, 157 of Brown Chinese geese, 158 of White Chinese geese, 159 Yield of feathers from live geese, 213 * * * * * Transcriber's Notes Apart from minor changes to formatting, table alignment and punctuation, the only changes made to the text from the original are as follows: Preface (2nd page): "minumum" changed to "minimum" (... with the minimum of initial investment and of labor.) "Sebastapool" changed to "Sebastapol" in List of Illustrations (Egyptian Gander and Sebastapol Goose) Figure 50 caption, and twice in the index. This is consistent with the use of "Sebastapol" in the text. Page 20: "neccessary" changed to "necessary" (... it becomes neccessary to mate a smaller number of females ...). Page 30: missing page reference added (See Page 14). Page 72: comma deleted after "Of" (Of course, eggs sufficient to fill the entire incubator capacity ...). Fig 28 caption: "yords" changed to "yards" (Long brooder house and yards with feeding track.) Page 107: duplicate word "the" deleted (... hung in a steam box with the heads outside ...) Page 131: "chickens" changed to "chicken" (Ducklings can be brooded if desired by means of chicken hens.) Page 136: missing page reference added (... in accordance with the directions given on page 106). Page 137: missing page reference added (See page 119). Page 141: "1920" changed to "1910" (The census figures of 1920 compared with those for 1910 ...) Page 145: "in" changed to "is" (An objection to geese often expressed but without good foundation is that they will spoil the pasture for other stock.) Page 154: "Ameriacn" changed to "American" (... the American Standard of Perfection.) Page 155 Footnote: "standard" changed to initial upper case "Standard" (American Standard of Perfection). Page 163: missing page reference added (The same method of packing the eggs should be employed as with duck eggs described on page 137.) Page 165: "thoughout" changed to "throughout" (... green feed available throughout the summer and fall ...) Page 166: "penus" changed to "penis" (... the penis will protrude.) Page 182: "close" changed to "closed" (It should have a board floor and be capable of being closed ...) Page 194: "pleasanty" changed to "pleasantly" ( ...one will be pleasantly surprised at the rich taste which the roast goose possesses.) Page 211: missing page reference added ( ... in the same way as when packing ducks as described on page 109.)