Montreal.—A new industry has been in operation in this part of Canada for several years and is proving very successful. It is the conservation of cider ducks for their feathers on the many small islands of the St Lawrence River. Since the inception of the supervised industry in 1933, the quantity of cleaned eiderdown marketed annually has increased by more than five-fold, and as a result of the added protection afforded them the production of young eider ducks has gained steadily.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 August 1939, Page 9
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