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Index
DUCKS AND GEESE
PREFACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
DUCKS PART I
CHAPTER I Present Extent of the Industry
CHAPTER II Breeds and Varieties—How to Mate to Produce Exhibition Specimens—Preparing Ducks for the Show—Catching and Handling
Classification of Breeds
Nomenclature
Size
Popularity of Breeds
Egg Production
Considerations in Making the Mating[1]
Breeds of Ducks
Catching and Handling Ducks
Packing and Shipping Hatching Eggs
CHAPTER III Commercial Duck Farming—Location—Estimate of Equipment and Capital Necessary in Starting the Business
Making a Start in Duck Farming
CHAPTER IV Commercial Duck Farming—Management of the Breeding Stock
Houses and Yards for Breeders
Egg Production
Time of Marketing Breeders
Diseases and Pests
CHAPTER V Commercial Duck Farming—Incubation
CHAPTER VI Commercial Duck Farming—Brooding and Rearing the Young Stock
Brooder House No. 1
Length of Time in Brooder
Brooder House No. 3
Yard Accommodations for Ducklings
Disease Prevention
Cooperative Feed Association
CHAPTER VII Commercial Duck Farming—Marketing
Long Island Ducklings—Fresh Dressed
Long Island Spring Ducklings—Live.
Long Island Old Ducks or Breeders—Live
CHAPTER VIII Duck Raising on the Farm
Management of Breeders.
GEESE PART II.
CHAPTER IX Extent of the Industry—Opportunities
Objection to Geese
CHAPTER X Breeds and Varieties—How to Mate to Produce Exhibition Specimens—Preparing Geese for the Show—Catching and Handling
Egg Production
About Geese and Matings
Breeds of Geese[5]
Preparing Geese for the Show
Catching and Handling Geese
Packing and Shipping Hatching Eggs
Prices for Breeding Stock
CHAPTER XI Management of Breeding Geese
CHAPTER XII Incubation
CHAPTER XIII Brooding and Rearing Goslings
General Care of Growing Goslings
CHAPTER XIV Fattening and Marketing Geese
Western Geese, Frozen
Fresh Dressed Geese
Fresh Dressed Geese
Live Geese—Via Freight
Live Geese—Via Express
Methods Used on Fattening Farms
INDEX
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