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THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



" The Cayugas are very hardy ; nearly as large as the Rouens, 

 good layers and easily fattened. They are very quiet in their 

 habits, and a fence a foot high will turn them. They are good 

 sitters but careless mothers, hens being for these as for other 

 ducklings, the best mothers." 



BLACK CAYUGA DUOK8. 



There are two varieties of Muscovy ducks the White and the 

 Colored. The Colored (see illustration, page 1107,) are Black 

 mixed with white. Young Muscovy ducks are excellent table 

 birds, out their flesh is not so desirable as they grow older. 

 Drakes of this variety are quarrelsome, and can not be kept 

 with chickens and turkeys. Muscovies are great flyers, and 



