DUCKS AND TURKEYS 235 



Breeds of Ducks. The Pekin duck is the best duck 

 for profit. It is easily kept, is a good layer, and brings 

 the highest price in the market. Its white feathers may 

 be sold for a good price. 



The Rouen duck is beautifully colored, and is prob- 

 ably descended directly from the wild duck, the 

 Mallard. 



The Caynga is jet black in plumage, and originated in 

 New York. 



The Aylesbury is the favorite English variety. It is 

 pure dead white. 



TURKEYS. 



Wild turkeys were quite plentiful in America before 

 it was well settled. The turkey on our farms was derived 

 from the wild turkey. 



The meat of the turkey is more desired than that of 

 any other fowl, and it brings the highest price in the 

 market. 



The turkey is of a roving disposition, and does not do 

 well when kept in a small enclosure. It is best not to 

 attempt to keep turkeys in a poultry house. They thrive 

 better when allowed to roost outdoors. 



The turkey hen seeks an out-of-the-way place to lay 

 her eggs. She goes far from the house to make her nest 

 and to rear her young. Sometimes turkeys go a half a 

 mile or more and make their nests in a fence corner or 

 in a brush heap. They may be enticed to nest nearer 

 home by setting a few boards or an old door against a 

 fence corner, and throwing a bunch of hay under it, or 

 by placing barrels and boxes with hay in them on the 



