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Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [11 Xov., 1918. 



All ducks should be bedded down with straw, pine needles, shavings, 

 &c., in the laying season, so as to keep the eggs clean. 



Young Aylesbury Duck. Weight, 9 lbs. 



A variety of food should be given to the drakes during the breeding 

 season, as a vigorous condition is necessary to fertilize the eggs. 

 Breeding pens of ducks should be kept strictly to themselves. 



