Show AYLESBURY DUCKS TYPICAL ENGLISH BREED OF POULTRY m l Originating in They Have Been CrOSSw Cross w With i th Pek Pekin I ii B Blood I to B Restore esto re V Virility Virility Are I ri I ity-A ity Are re G Great reat Layers Lay- Lay fc ers and M Mature ture for Market Early 1 T. T RV Tr TOUT T PAUL Pam n GRAHAM Copyright ht 1013 1111 by the ln Co Col For marketing marketing- purposes the Aylesbury Aylesbury Ayles- Ayles bury stands easily at tho the head of ot tho the domestic rac races s of ot duck ducks i bred In Eng Eng- land hand Tho reason for tor th tills this Is is because of or Its rapid and early maturity It is probably the first t white domestic duck bred and ancI was waa formerly known as the White English In the earl early part of or the tho last century It became known cnown as th the thO Aylesbury It originated In the tho vale valo of ot Aylesbury In where tho the soil wasand was wasand wasand and Is ic specially suitable to this Indus Indus- try tn This district bears the same samo relation relation relation rela rela- tion to London on account of or Its duck raising as does docs Long Island to the great markets of or Now York Tork City Th The Th difference between the tho great of or tho the two countries however howo lies chiefly in n th tIme the methods of ot rearing as r English duckers are great reat believers ers In boiled rice for tor fattening and as a A. rule tho the English Ens are aro smaller an arid and moro more one man or family faintly affairs Farms that produce or more young young- annually as ns here are rare and the rule Is probably 1500 ducklings annually annually an an- for tor tho the duck I The Tho Aylesbury ducks have an almost I horizontal carriage o in this respect differing dif dit- fering fering- greatly from the elevated Pc- Pc kins Males weigh welsh nine nino pounds and females el eight ht pounds pound when in n breeding breeding- condition 1 Exhibition birds when heavily hear hear- ill ily fed and forced to lay on weight have been known to weigh from t two o to theo thee pounds per bird heavier than these weigh weights ts The Tho plumage Is a a. dead doad white free tree from Crom tints in The Tho bill Is large and broad and of or palo pale flesh color with no trace of ot yellow tho the latter Indicating Indicating Indi Indi- cating eating traces of or a cross with which waR wan mado made some somo years ears ago to restore re restore restore re- re store virility Tho The skin sIdn Is light pink In color fading fading- dead white after atter a few tY I days in COl cold storage Their fat Is also aiso light colored almost and ana th J meat Is short grained Drained tender and white whito Tho The legs lags nn and toes aro are bright orange and toenails wh white Itc t p x A Aylesbury ducks ducles are aro great lays layers f fI fact this Is ono one great reason for tor their I popularity as market Plenty 0 o ol eggs gs ar arc ari necessary to duck lings In large numbers A A. goon duo due will lay a a RA as many as RS eggs ggs during th year ear although h there are many ln n stances recorded of ot Individuals prou in ing more moro than this number of eggs i Iii 11 flocks tho the average a eg egg g production varies between and ami 11 j The Tho egg egg- 1301 laid 1 b by Aylesbury ducks duc 1 I large larse white holled and tn An Any tinted with STeen green 1 Is 11 a sur stirs ure cation of or an admixture of ot foreign bao In tho the ancestry of ot the du duck k j The old duck Is A n fairly good g eli alt t tor but as os is Ss usual an on mother It Is better to hatch hotch and re ri re ducks lucks In n R n. small way by using h ban h In a n. largo large wa way tho the only commercial commercially ly profitable way is 15 by using metho methods s t Young Young- A ducks are aro h. h hard litre and rapid growers Easy to raise ratu a an I fatten tatton they reach duck market size In from nine to el sieve ere weeks In the latter r respect they theyo c cow pare ver very favorably with our own p PI kin hint duck cluck 1 Aylesbury ducks a as market fo fowl have o never secured a a. very er firm hold America Many aro are bred Jre for show pui ID poses and the beat of or them upon 1 It will bo be found to b be cUb eith Imported ed or at least not riot mo moi mo than one or two generations remove from Crom English soil solI As n. n market tow Sow however their fresh-colored fresh bill a a. an light legs prevent them from hi hithe the ready sale found among among- our houtH hOU- wives 5 for tho the yellow legged I Sa Pe Pek r duck cluck |