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CHAPTER VIII. 
DUCK TRIBE MANAGEMENT OF CHINESE MODE. — 
WILD-DUCKS BUILDING IN TREES AFFECTION OF. 
EIDER DUCKS HOW CAUGHT. — DUCK SHOOTERS. — 
DANGER ATTENDING DECOYS. 
It would lead us far beyond our limits to notice all 
the Duck tribes, which are third on the generic 
list of this division; a few particulars must suffice. 
Much that has been said upon the treatment of 
Geese, applies equally to Ducks, which, under judi- 
cious management, might be made a source of great 
profit to the cottager ; and we are assured, on the 
authority of a practical rural economist, that water 
is by no means indispenable ; so far from it indeed, 
that instead of being absolutely necessary, it is 
often injurious to the young, and that, in fact, 
they should never be suffered to swim till more than 
a month old ; that, instead of allowing young Ducks 
to go out in the morning to eat slugs and worms, 
they should be kept up, since this food, notwithstand- 
ing their partiality for it, is injurious ; and that 
grass, corn, white cabbages and lettuces, cut when 
half ripe, and flung down in the haulm or stalk, will 
make the finest Ducks for the market and the table. 
When young, they should be fed upon barley-meal, 
or curds, and kept in a warm place in the night- 
time. 
By attention and care, much more, we are per- 
suaded, may be done in the general management, 
as well as improvement, of our domestic birds. We 
