. The Eastern poultryman . Some of the prize winning White Wyandottes, owned and exhibited by Lunt & Curtis, Freeport, Me. eral barrels of ducks to pack, and this means climbing the ladder to the top of the ice house and getting down a good supply of ice and break it up in the ice grater, and then carry it to the packing house, and it is then securely packed between layers of ducks until the barrel is solid full, and then a burlap is tacked and hooped on, the barrel is labeled and addressed, and is then ready to be en route to the depot. At 2 P. M. the young ducklings are making their pres
. The Eastern poultryman . Some of the prize winning White Wyandottes, owned and exhibited by Lunt & Curtis, Freeport, Me. eral barrels of ducks to pack, and this means climbing the ladder to the top of the ice house and getting down a good supply of ice and break it up in the ice grater, and then carry it to the packing house, and it is then securely packed between layers of ducks until the barrel is solid full, and then a burlap is tacked and hooped on, the barrel is labeled and addressed, and is then ready to be en route to the depot. At 2 P. M. the young ducklings are making their presence known, by saying in their best way that it is ieed time again, tor them, and there must be another load of grain from town; and if there are any ducks to be killed they are soon finished off, so as to let the pickers off by 3 or a little after, and then the ducks can cool and be packed for market that night. By 6 o'clock they are out on the pack- ing house platform, awaiting the driver to take them to the station. At this time all hands have been hustling doing their night feeding, and the incuba- tor man has been busy turning his eggs, and filling the lamps and trimming them and making sure that his lamps have sufficient flame for the night. After sup- per, comes the closing up of the houses the emptying of the water troughs, and each feed tray in the brooder house must be scraped clean every night. The bar- rels of dressed ducks must be loaded and carried to the station to the evening train so as to be on the market the following morning. The driver is apt to be singing on this last trip of the day, and especially after he gets to the farm and his team is cared for, for his day's work is then done. The brooder house attendant completes his duties for the day about I'. M., and he is then at leisure, while the incu- bator attendant is not so lucky, he having eggs to test about three nights out of the week until 9 or 10 o'clock. At this time of the year they are usuall
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