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top opening, gradually getting narrower until it is only 

 five inches wide at the bottojn opening. The fowl is 

 placed in the bag head foremost. Owing to the shape 

 of the bag, the fowl slips down to tliat part of the bag 

 that fits it after the style of a legging. The head of 

 the fowl comes through the small opening at the bottom 

 of the has. 



Fig. 



-KILLING BAG AND KNIFE GUIDE 



Killing Duels — On one of the largest Long Island 

 duck farms the ducks killed are arranged as follows : 

 Two posts are planted in the ground about ten feet 

 apart. The posts are either mortised or a notch sawed 

 in them near tlie top, five feet from the ground. A rail 

 is then spiked in these notches, and strings fastened 

 to the rail with loops to hold the feet of the ducks. As 

 many pegs are driven in the ground underneath the 



