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between each layer of ducks. Tlie top of the box or 

 baiTcl is tlien rounrled off -svith ice and covered with 

 burlaps. A flour barrel will hold aljout three dozen 

 birds. Some raisers use boxes for shippiny and have 

 the empties returned free. Figure 33 shows a j)air of 



Fig. 33 — PAii! Diiii.ssED DUCKS TEX WEEKS OLD (Howard) 



young ducks dressed for market, while the frontispiece 

 shows a large eastern Massachusetts duck farm. 



Dressing Duels and Geese — A western dealer says 

 ducks and geese sliould be scalded in the same tempera- 



