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there are many salesmen who are willing to take them, so that 

 if any rearer is not satisfied with the dealings of any particular 

 salesman he has only to send his ducks to another. 



In respect of the question whether this more or less flourishing 

 industry could be extended to all other parts of the country. 

 Mr. Spencer thinks it will be evident that the industry could 

 not be largely extended without lowering the prices at present 

 obtained, and he is inclined to doubt if duck rearing, which is 

 attended with considerable expense as carried on in the Yale of 

 Aylesbury, would be remunerative if that were the case. 

 According to the view of the local duck-rearers the water and 

 soil of the Aylesbury district are exceptionally suitable to 

 duck rearing, and there is a local gravel obtainable at Burton 

 and Long Marston, near Aylesbury, which is said to be essential 

 to the health of the ducklings. 



