Natural and Artificial Duck Culture

"Natural and Artificial Duck Culture" by James Rankin is a helpful manual from the early 1900s about raising ducks, particularly Pekin ducks. Rankin wrote it to share what he learned from his own duck farm because other people kept asking him for advice. The book explains everything from how to breed ducks to how to sell them. Rankin thought duck farming was getting more important, and he shows how to do it well. He talks about how using machines to hatch eggs is better than letting ducks do it themselves. Rankin says that if you take good care of your ducks and have a good system, you can raise healthy ducks and make money. He tells you how to pick the best ducks for breeding, how to feed them, and where to keep them safe and healthy.