. Duck dollars;. Ducks. DUCK DOLLARS How the Webers Started The Weber farm for the breeding of white Pekin ducklings oi an advanced type consists of loo acres, and is located in Wrentham, Nor- folk county, twenty-five miles south of Boston. It is now (1911) owned by two brothers, from forty to fifty years of age, named John and David. The work is divided between the two, and they have (September, 1911.) five hired men, not counting the expert duck pickers, five in number, who work by the piece. Seven hired men were employed up to the middle of August. John manages the care of the eggs a
. Duck dollars;. Ducks. DUCK DOLLARS How the Webers Started The Weber farm for the breeding of white Pekin ducklings oi an advanced type consists of loo acres, and is located in Wrentham, Nor- folk county, twenty-five miles south of Boston. It is now (1911) owned by two brothers, from forty to fifty years of age, named John and David. The work is divided between the two, and they have (September, 1911.) five hired men, not counting the expert duck pickers, five in number, who work by the piece. Seven hired men were employed up to the middle of August. John manages the care of the eggs and the incubators. David lodks after the growing stock, sale of the feathers, and directs the kill- ing, picking and shipping. Air. Weber, senior, his wife and the sons Henry. William, David and John came to America from Ger- many in 1868, and settled in Boston, where the family was increased by two girls. The father worked at the leather trade in Roxbury. In the old coiuitry. the family lived a rural life, and longed for it here. The father looked for farms and a chance to do farming. He moved to Dorchester, a suburb of Boston, beyond Rox- bury, and worked at gardening. It was not until 1883 that he realized a long-cherished hope by locating in Norfolk county as a real farmer, with fifty-five acres to till. The son William was then in Chicago at w-ork, David was in Boston in the leather business, Henry was also in Boston at work, leaving the youngest boy, John, at home with his sisters. The father first thought he could do best at truck farming. Later fifteen cows were kept and the milk sold to contractors. It was hard times, and the family managed to live but did not prosper. The start with poultry was in 1888. when the father investigated white Pekin ducks. It was an experiment, and all the family was appre- hensive of failure. In spite of the necessity of the most rigid economy. Mr. Weber understood the vital import- ^'^^^^^ Stock, ance of beginning with the best obtainable
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