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Runner, white Muscovy, colored Muscovy, colored Rouen, black East 
India, black Cayuga, blue Swedish, Crested White, gray Call, white Call, 
Everything written in this book applies to the white Pekin strain 
which we have developed. These teachings do not apply to the other 
above-named varieties. Commercially, we believe in the Pekin only. The 
other varieties may be bred for show-room or for amusement, but as 
to their money-making qualities we are in doubt. We have no doubts 
as to our Pekins. They are easily raised in great numbers, and are in 
active demand in the markets and sold at a large profit. 
America leads in the development of the Pekin. The duck breeders 
in England are few and far between. They have experi- nes 
mented most with the Aylesburys. The Pekins mature America is 
more quickly than the Aylesburys and their feathers Ahead 
come out more easily when picking. The Indian Runner duck is smaller 
than the Pekin and has dark pin-feathers. It is not so salable as the 
Pekin; side by side in the markets the Pekin will beat it in looks, size 
and price. The Indian Runner is a good layer, but this 
does not offset the other points mentioned. Muscovy Other Breeds 
ducks dre fighters and hard to handle. Gray and white of Ducks 
Call ducks are bantams bred for the show-room, but never for profit. 
The black East India is another bantam variety, seldom weighing more 
than two pounds, The other above-named varieties are rare. 
In disposition, as well as size, quick maturity and fecundity, the 
Pekin is exceptional. Pekins do not quarrel. They are easily driven 
and handled. : 
Duck raising should be entered into not for amuse- Fekine do 
ment or for a pastime, but to make money. It is worth not Quarrel 
all of one’s time and attention and will richly reward the earnest, method- 
ical worker. We have tried to make these instructions so simple and 
plain that there can be no question as to procedure. 
Perhaps the most surprising point, to the average reader, is that 
our ducks are raised without water. Don’t think you 
must have a pond or brook on your place. Ducks with- 
Our ducks have web feet, but we have bred out of out Water 
them the desire to swim and bathe. The advantages of 
no swimming water were quickly made manifest to us. We know the 
methods and flocks of a few duck breeders who use water, and we never 
could find that the ducks were better in any way. 
Perhaps you have a brook or pond. A brook is handy, perhaps, in 
that it will reduce the work of watering. But the ducks will not get any 
larger or fatter because of it. They will drink from a brook or pond, 
thereby lessening the work of their caretaker. 
Anybody raising ducks with a pond on his place will find that some 
ducks will lay eggs in the water. Unless the water is shallow, and the 
eggs easily reached, this will be a source of annoyance 
and loss. As ducks lay at night, or early in the morn- 
ing, this trouble can be overcome by shutting the birds 
up at night and not letting them into the water until about 9 a.m. 
If you have a spring or brook with a fall so that water can be 
diverted and made to run through the duck house or houses, that may 
be worth trying. 
Many Eggs 
Lost in Water 
