TO PICK DUCKS AND GEESE.
Dip them in boiling water; then wrap them for a few moments in flannel, and pick them, holding them by the feet, with the head down; be careful to dry the feathers as soon as possible. A very good way to cure feathers is to put them several times in a brick oven after the bread comes out: then let them lie on the ground for several days, bringing them in at night. This will take away all the disagreeable smell which is so unpleasant in feathers when they are not properly dried.