List of Illustrations 
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Young Pekin duckling ......... 0c cece cece eee e ee tee eee tenn ees 2 
Under this shelter roof to get out of sun and rain.......--.++++e+es 5 
Here come the little ones out of the nursery for an airing.......... 8 
Old Weber homestead .......... cece cece e terre tenet ee nee ee eens 9 
Ducklings five weeks old in yards of second nursery house.......... 12 
Feeding time for ducklings in the yards of the fattening sheds...... 16 
First nursery yards ......... ccc c cece e ener tenet eee eee e nen ntens 19 
Exterior of brooder house ........ 0... cece eect teen ees 27 
Interior of brooder house ........... ccc ese eee eee eee ene eees 28 
Oi) BEASS Ac ceacradsa eee ees ee eds eae ewe HuAmam Tena Gare ene 30 
Food-mixing: machine —..522..6. 05s c0ccab eens ota se weewliw ede esa oes 32 
Drake, showing curl feather .......... 0000s cece cence eee eee nee 36 
How to handle live birds ........... cece eee cee ee tet teen teres 38 
Incubator cellar, showing machines which hatch the eggs into 
Guchklings 0 siddviakawlaceGiy snes eeeiauyes eee aoa HOO RRL 42 
Where they: lay their €92S> a5 cos sa445 Sean es Caan ss oeetiesetsaee ewes 44 
Hoe-tésting 1aMp coc scdne biwsct eee Gae ees fs eee ee EYEE eS 45 
Fertile egg, seventh) day acai cise saa atigne chewed bhai eemansk 45 
Double brooder house. Yards on both sides. Walk through center 
Ol HOUSE: Annas aa anrennne seers ee eet ES mann dae eee gate 46 
Ducklings: two: weeks: old) x.ce0cenesu ss aaeareeet yeast heehee sas see 48 
Food and water troughs ........... 0. ccc cece cece cece eee eeetetaees 50 
Thousands of youngsters ......... 0... cc cee eee een ee tent eneeens 52 
Ducklings in the sun at midday ......... BUND A chee 2th todipctettgd ie tye Deine cate 54 
Winter scene, brooder house ............. cece cece tence ee neneees 56 
Ready: for feeding: siasiucsaass seewasdnmade yan eid sa eeaaee ees scale 58 
Mealtime? ac 3554 astuananls feos dag aman a doed oh Satta aes ae eaia 60 
Fath en ig! Vans: ics sida ecules tt 85 uegeavats alow anyaraadsas Seve da mdadeadaceuas ee saa as 61 
KRaieased im-picking: oncucins Seas Avtnaiiniar nd to eu oie Poa nled 62 
Sticking: Kmitey, wiv tovtadadid Baas Seas Meena ebameage xe gale 62 
Diick:-pieker: at work: gaia 2 iain exe's deataneice cae rh cs eae oss a weeeaia 68 
Réady for shipping snes ws eae ee cana pumeees ware ees selene oh 045 bak 70 
Pen of ducklings on dirt run a week previous to killing.............. 71 
Ducks in the first pen moved in this picture, causing the white 
SERCAKS oc sut sess a Assudesisns: dante 0-5 cc ae eaten salen od rete gts aaa oan ad tee alemaes 72 
Parallelogram shape of body, depth of keel and plumpness of Weber 
ducklings are shown here ........ 0.0... ccc csi cece eee eenseuees 74 
Fattening' shedsand: pens cccew ee cn¢54exleds Joi ang chew Wedel oninausans 76 
