PEKIN DUCKS. 



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selecting the bird, on a large scale, as the Aylesbury is 

 bred with us. 



The Pekin grows fast and early, and in America is 

 expected to weigh 5 Ib. at eight weeks. It is a little wild 



Pekin Ducks. 



or free in habit, and does not fatten well in small pens ; 

 hence the larger American yards or pens mentioned in the 

 above remarks. The flesh is particularly free from grossness. 

 We are inclined to believe that the greater weight and 

 growth in America as compared with England, is partly 



