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Show TWELVE VARIETIES OF DUCKS There are 12 standard varieties of ducks raised ia this country as follows: fol-lows: The white Teking. white Aylesbury, colored Rouen, black Cayuga, colored Muscovy, white Muscovy, Indian runner, run-ner, gray call, white call, black East India, crested white and blue Sw edish. Of these varieties the first seven are ' consideren profitable to raise; the two varieties of calls and I he black East India are bantams and are bred more for the show room; the crested white may be considered as almost pury ornamental, or-namental, while at present but little is known of the bine Swedish in this country. The Illustration showt a Rouen drake and duck. |