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antJy fed they soon become so fat that their abdomens trail on the 
ground. From their inactivity they are the most easily stolen of any 
variety. The eggs are laid in great numbers, of a blue-green color, with 
thick shells, and should average in weight about three and a half ounce*. 
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The Pekin Duck. it 
The most practical and profitable duck for market purposes. 
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n. Aylesbury Ducks. 
The Aylesbury duck is without doubt the most valuable of the English 
tweeds, and fully as well appreciated in this country as in England. They 
hardly reach so great weight as the last mentioned variety, eightoea 
