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Title: Ducks and Geese
Author: Harry M. Lamon
Rob R. Slocum
Release Date: June 30, 2010 [EBook #33029]
Language: English
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[Illustration: _Frontispiece._ General view of water yards and ducklings
on a large Long Island duck farm. (_Photograph from the Bureau of Animal
Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture._)]

DUCKS AND GEESE
BY
HARRY M. LAMON
SENIOR POULTRYMAN, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY, UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AND
ROB R. SLOCUM
POULTRYMAN, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY, UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
_Authors of
"The Mating and Breeding of Poultry"
and "Turkey Raising"_
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