reed of ducks, 122
Separating growing goslings from old stock, 182
Septicemia, goose or hemorrhagic, 186
Sex
in ducks, distinguishing, 13, 135
in geese, distinguishing, 165
Shade
for breeding ducks, 60
for fattening summer geese, 202
for goslings, 182
for growing ducklings, 92
Sharp backs in Runner ducks, 37
Shaving market geese to remove down, 209
Shelter
for fattening geese, 199, 203
for growing goslings, 181
Shipping
dressed ducks, 109
dressed geese, 208
hatching eggs,
duck, 40
geese, 162
Shipping live geese for fattening, 201
Short legs in Runner ducks, 37
Shrinking in shipping ducks alive, 116
Size
of breeding ducks, 19
of breeds of ducks, 14
of breeds of geese, 150
of duck eggs, 16
of duck farms, 42, 44, 46
of flocks of breeding ducks, 46
of flocks of ducks on general farms, 121
of flocks of fattening geese, 195, 196, 199, 202
of goose eggs, 151
of male and female Muscovy, 30
of mating in ducks, 20, 123
of mating in geese, 152
of sitting of duck eggs, 7, 129
of sitting of goose eggs, 163, 174
Slate on backs
of young Embden geese, 156
of young White Chinese geese, 159
Smooth head in Muscovy duck, 29
Sore eyes in ducklings, 100
Sorting
growing ducklings, 87
market ducklings, 104
Split crest in Crested White ducks, 34
Steaming
ducks for picking, 107
geese for picking, 210
Sticking or braining geese, 206, 209
Stippling, gray, on Penciled Runner ducks, 38
Stunning geese, 206, 209
Summer geese, fattening, 202
Summer plumage of Rouen drakes, 25
Swimming, preventing goslings from, 181
Temperatures, incubation,
for duck eggs, 74
for goose eggs, 175
Temperatures, brooder,
for ducklings, 81
for goslings, 180
Testing
duck eggs, 74, 130
table for candling duck eggs, 75
Time of feeding
breeding ducks, 63, 126
geese on fattening farms, 203
noodled geese, 196
pen fattened geese, 195
Time of first feed
for ducklings, 92
for goslings, 183
Time of laying
with ducks, 67
with geese, 167
Time
of marketing breeding ducks, 68
of plucking live geese for feathers, 212
to purchase breeding ducks, 121
breeding geese, 166
Toulouse goose, defects in, 155
Tray, feed, for ducks, 66
Triple crest in Crested White ducks, 34
Trough, feed, for ducks, 66
Turning
duck eggs during incubation, 75
goose eggs during incubation, 174, 175
Twisted wings in ducks, 19
U
Uses
for duck feathers, 118
for goose feathers, 212
V
Value
of duck fe
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