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methods were introduced. Since that time the business has devel- 

 oped, sometimes to the numbers mentioned above, on a great 

 many farms here and on some in other sections. The Long Island 



Fig. 48. View of Weber Brothers' duck farm, Wrentham, Mass. 



duck farms are quite invariably located on streams, with yards 

 for both breeding stock and growing ducklings extending into the 

 water. The inland duck farms usually give the ducks no water 



Fig. 49. Breeding stock at Weber Brothers' duck farm 



except for drinking purposes.^ From observation of conditions 

 and methods on coast and inland duck farms the author is of the 



1 Mr. James Rankin, in his " Duck Culture " (1897 edition), stated that his ducks 

 seemed to have lost all desire for water for other purposes than drinking, and even 

 the texture of their feathers seemed changed so that they would no longer shed 

 water. I did not find this the case with stock bought of Mr. Rankin. It took to 

 the water at the first opportunity as readily as any. 



