{"product_id":"2940016110844","title":"Ducks and Geese","description":"TABLE OF CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I--DUCKS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter.                                                         Page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.    Extent of the Industry--Opportunities                          3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        Present Extent of the Industry--Different Types of Duck\u003cbr\u003e        Raising--Opportunities for Duck Raising--Prices for\u003cbr\u003e        Breeding Stock--Ducks for Ornamental Purposes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII.   Breeds and Varieties--How to Mate to Produce Exhibition\u003cbr\u003e      Specimens--Preparing Ducks for the Show--Catching and\u003cbr\u003e      Handling                                                       9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        Breeds of Ducks--Classification of Breeds--Marking the\u003cbr\u003e        Ducks--Nomenclature--Distinguishing the\u003cbr\u003e        Sex--Size--Popularity of Breeds--Egg Production--Size of\u003cbr\u003e        Duck Eggs--Color of Eggs--Broodiness--General\u003cbr\u003e        Considerations in Making the Mating--Making the\u003cbr\u003e        Mating--The Pekin--The Aylesbury--The Rouen--The\u003cbr\u003e        Cayuga--The Call--The Gray Call--The White Call--The\u003cbr\u003e        Black East India--The Muscovy--The Colored Muscovy--The\u003cbr\u003e        White Muscovy--The Blue Swedish--The Crested White--The\u003cbr\u003e        Buff--The Runner--The Fawn and White Runner--The White\u003cbr\u003e        Runner--The Penciled Runner--Preparing Ducks for the\u003cbr\u003e        Show--Catching and Handling Ducks--Packing and Shipping\u003cbr\u003e        Hatching Eggs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII.  Commercial Duck Farming--Location--Estimate of Equipment\u003cbr\u003e      and Capital Necessary in Starting the Business                42\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        Distribution--Stock Used--Location of Plant--Making a\u003cbr\u003e        Start in Duck Farming--Equipment, Capital, etc.\u003cbr\u003e        Required--Lay-out or Arrangement of the Plant--Land\u003cbr\u003e        Required--Number of Breeders required--Housing Required\u003cbr\u003e        for Breeders--Incubator Capacity--Brooder\u003cbr\u003e        Capacity--Fattening Houses or Sheds--Feed\u003cbr\u003e        Storage--Killing and Picking House--Resident--Horse\u003cbr\u003e        Power--Feeding Track--Electric Lights--Water\u003cbr\u003e        Supply--Fences--Labor--Invested Capital--Working\u003cbr\u003e        Capital--Profits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV.   Commercial Duck Farming--Management of the Breeding Stock     55\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        Age of Breeders--Distinguishing Young from Old\u003cbr\u003e        Ducks--Selection of Breeding Ducks--Number of Females to\u003cbr\u003e        a Drake--Securing Breeding Drakes--Houses and Yards for\u003cbr\u003e        Breeders--Bedding and Cleaning the Breeding\u003cbr\u003e        Houses--Cleaning the Breeding Yards--Water Yards for\u003cbr\u003e        Breeders--Feeding the Breeders--Egg Production--Time of\u003cbr\u003e        Marketing Breeders--Disease--Insect Pests--Dogs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV.    Commercial Duck Farming--Incubation                           70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        Kinds of incubators used--Incubator Cellar--Incubator\u003cbr\u003e        Capacity Required--Age of Hatching Eggs--Care of\u003cbr\u003e        Hatching Eggs--Selecting the Eggs for\u003cbr\u003e        Hatching--Temperature--Position of\u003cbr\u003e        Thermometer--Testing--Turning the Eggs--Cooling the\u003cbr\u003e        Eggs--Moisture--Fertility--Hatching--Selling Baby Ducks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI.   Commercial Duck Farming--Brooding and Rearing the\u003cbr\u003e      Young Stock                                                   80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        Removing the Newly Hatched Ducklings to the Brooder\u003cbr\u003e        House--Brooder Houses Required--Brooder House No.\u003cbr\u003e        1--Construction of House--Heating\u003cbr\u003e        Apparatus--Pens--Equipment of the Pens--Grading and\u003cbr\u003e        Sorting the Ducklings--Cleaning and Bedding the\u003cbr\u003e        Pens--Ventilation--Other Types of Brooder Houses--Length\u003cbr\u003e        of Time in Brooder House No. 1--Brooder House No.\u003cbr\u003e        2--Brooder House No. 3--Yard Accommodations for\u003cbr\u003e        Ducklings--Shade--Feeding--Lights for Ducklings--Pounds\u003cbr\u003e        of Feed to Produce a Pound of Market Duck--Water for\u003cbr\u003e        Young Ducks--Age and Weight when Ready for\u003cbr\u003e        Market--Cripples--Cleaning the Yards--Critical Period\u003cbr\u003e        with Young Ducks--Disease Prevention--Gapes or\u003cbr\u003e        Pneumonia--Fits--Diarrhoea--Lameness--Sore Eyes--Feather\u003cbr\u003e        Eating or Quilling--Rats--Cooperative Feed Association.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII.  Commercial Duck Farming--Marketing                           102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        Proper Age to Market--Weights at Time of Marketing--The\u003cbr\u003e        Last Feed for Market Ducks--Sorting Market\u003cbr\u003e        Ducklings--Killing--Scalding--Picking--Dry\u003cbr\u003e        Picking--Cooling--Packing--Shipping--Cooperative\u003cbr\u003e        Marketing Association--Prices for Ducks--Shipping Ducks\u003cbr\u003e        Alive--Saving the Feathers--Prices and Uses of Duck\u003cbr\u003e        Feathers--Marketing Eggs.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121460658416,"sku":"2940016110844","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016110844","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}