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DUCKS AND DUCK-BREEDING. 



AYLESBURY DUCKS. 
In this article it is proposed to deal with what may be 
termed the economic breeds of Ducks, for though there are 
many other varieties, including some of great beauty, in 
addition to those described below, they are ornamental rather 
than useful. 
Some old writers speak of the Aylesbury duck as tne 
White English, designating the Rouen as the ‘‘common” 
duck. Butintheearly part of the nineteenth century the 
name Aylesbury was given to the white variety, owing to 
the fact that it was extensively bred in the Vale of Ayles- 
bury, until recent years the chief seat of the duck 
breeding industry. For nearly a century the variety has 
supplied ducklings to meet the demand for those delicacies 
