Duck Farming.
— » It is worthy of note that the Chinese very, very long ago hatched out their ducks by artificial heat, and the incubators that seem so wonderful to us at the poultry shows and country fairs were an old story in the east long before our greatgrandfathers were born. It is likely, says "Harper's Weekly," that we got the domesticated duck from China, so long ago that we know not when, and the writers on natural history content themselves with telling us that it is derived from the mallard, mixed in some cases with the musk duck and the gad wall, and perhaps the black duck. The domestication of the duck has had an effect the opposite of that usually produced by civilisation on man, for the mallard is strictly monogamous. Waterton, the naturalist, assures us, indeed, that the wild duck is a most faithful husband, and remains paired for life, while the domestic drake is notoriously polygamous.
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Manawatu Herald, 14 February 1895, Page 3
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159Duck Farming. Manawatu Herald, 14 February 1895, Page 3
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