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addition to this revenue, there is a nice profit to be made from 

 the feathers. A prime goose will average about one pound of 

 feathers a year, and feathers of good quality will bring from 

 forty-five to sixty cents a pound. If the down is separated from 

 the feathers, it will bring about a dollar a pound. The feathers 

 should be plucked when there is no blood in the ends of the 

 quills. 



