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Gosling, definition of, 149
Grading growing ducklings, 87
Grass yards for goslings, 182
Gray Call duck, 28
Gray,
faded, in Brown Chinese geese, 158
in plumage of Blue Swedish ducks, 33
stippling on Penciled Runner drakes, 38
Greasing heads of goslings for lice, 178
Green bill
in Aylesbury, 23
in Buff ducks, 36
in Crested White ducks, 35
in Pekin, 22
in White Runner, 37
Green ducks, 102
Green feed
for breeding ducks, 64
for breeding geese, 169
for ducklings, 92, 133
for fattening geese, 204
for goslings, 183
Green geese, 149, 187
Grit
for breeding geese, 170
for fattening geese, 204
for goslings, 183
Growing green feed for ducks, 64
Growth of goslings, rapidity of, 184
Gypsy face in Muscovy ducks, 32
H
Handling
ducks, 39
geese, 162
geese during noodling, 197
Hatches of duck eggs, 78
Hatching duck eggs
with an incubator, 70, 130
with hens, 129
Hatching eggs, duck, packing and shipping, 40
Hatching goose eggs
with chicken hens, 173
with geese, 174
with incubators, 175
Health,
selection of breeding ducks for, 19
indications of, in ducks, 19
Heating apparatus for duck brooder house, 83
Heavy bottoms in Runner ducks, 37
Hemorrhagic septicemia of geese, 186
Horse power required on a duck plant, 50
House capacity
for breeding ducks, 46
for fattening ducks, 48
Houses
for breeding ducks, 59
for breeding geese, 167
Hump back in ducks, 19
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Identification of ducks by toe punching, 12
Incubation, period of,
for ducks, 47, 129
for geese, 173
Incubator capacity on duck plants, 47, 71
Incubator cellar, 70
Incubators, kinds of, for duck eggs, 70
Injury
to ducks, 57, 62
to goslings, 182
Insect pests of ducks, 69
K
Keel, deep,
in Aylesbury, 23
in Call, 28
in Pekin, 22
in Rouen, 24
Killing
ducks, 105
geese, 206, 209
house for duck plants, 50
Knob on head
of African geese, 157
of Chinese geese, 158
of Muscovy drake, 29
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Labor required
on duck plants, 52
in noodling geese, 198
Lameness
of ducklings, 99
of goslings, 185
Land required for duck plants, 46
Laying ration
for ducks, 126
for geese, 169
Laying season
for ducks, 66, 124
for geese, 167
Lay-out of duck plant, 45
Length of time
in brooder house for ducklings, 88
brooding necessary for goslings, 180
Lights
for breeding ducks, 67
for ducklings, 94
for fattening geese, 205
Live ducks, shipping to market, 116
Live geese,
shipping to market, 208
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