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lii'twcen each layer of clucks. The top of the box or 

 liiiTcl is then rounded ofE with ice and covered with 

 burlaps. A flour barrel will hold about three dozen 

 birds. Some raisers use boxes for sliipping and have 

 the empties returned free. Figure 33 shows a pair of 



Pig. 33 PAIR DRESSED DUCKS TEN WEEKS OLD (Howard) 



young ducks dressed for market, while the frontispiece 

 shows a large eastern Massachusetts duck farm. 



Dressing Ducks and Geese — A western dealer says 

 ducks and geese should be scalded in the same tempera- 



