RANKIN'S DUCK BOOK 



sooner he gets at it the better, and if he is smart he will have 

 the bird well plucked by the time life is extinct. The feathers 

 should be carefully sorted while picking; the wing and tail- 

 feathers and pins thrown away and the body feathers, with 



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the down, thrown into the box. Care should be taken about 

 this, as the feathers are no mean source of income, and will 

 always pay for the picking. A dull knife should be used in 

 connection with the thumb in removing the long pins, and, in 



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