Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Ducks, Geese and Turkeys
The duck business possesses many features specially to recommend it to farmers and smallholders. One is that it can be successfully conducted on a very small area. There are thousands of men and women in Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire the home of the duck industry-who-'every season rear and market upwards of two thousand birds upon considerably less than an acre of land. One man, whom I know, a few seasons ago reared and marketed over three thousand birds on just over half an acre. Another great advantage of this trade is the fact that the overturn of capital is so very rapid. From the time the egg is laid until the duckling is ready for market - I am referring now to the early duckling trade and not to the rearing of stock birds, which is another matter-should not exceed three months. This rapid overturn of capital is a most important point to those whose funds are strictly limited. Another Obvious advantage of the early duckling trade is that there is always such an excellent demand for the birds and prices range so very high. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
