. How we make ducks pay ... an illustrated guide to the profitable breeding of our modern Pekin all-white mammoth ducklings; plain and thorough lessons for beginners and others everywhere who write for the details and secrets of our waterless are ready 6/ HOfV WE MAKE DUCKS PAT for fattening. The object of the cold house is simply tokeep them out of the rain and snow. In the summertime or in southern latitudes, an orchard which has shadetrees will do for ducklings when five weeks old except ondays when big storms come up. On those days the youngducklings must be housed. Distributing
. How we make ducks pay ... an illustrated guide to the profitable breeding of our modern Pekin all-white mammoth ducklings; plain and thorough lessons for beginners and others everywhere who write for the details and secrets of our waterless are ready 6/ HOfV WE MAKE DUCKS PAT for fattening. The object of the cold house is simply tokeep them out of the rain and snow. In the summertime or in southern latitudes, an orchard which has shadetrees will do for ducklings when five weeks old except ondays when big storms come up. On those days the youngducklings must be housed. Distributing the Food. Where only forty or fiftypails of food are used daily, the best way to get it to thedifferent houses and yards is by use of a No. 7 size wheelbarrow will take ten or twelve water must be conveyed, milk-cans (previously men-tioned) are best to use, as the water will not spill in carry-ing them in the wheelbarrow. If, however, severalhundred pails of food are used daily, a large, four-wheeledtruck may be used to advantage, providing the land islevel enough to allow the men to draw it, otherwise it isbest to use a horse and WINTER SCENE. BROODER HOUSE 68 CHAPTER SEVENFATTENING Growing to kill from eight weeks to market age.—Thefattening sheds are simple roofs erected on dirt ground.—The birds are fed three times a day.—Secret of feedingproperly the fattening mixture.—Keep their appetiteseager.—Judge hy the appearance of the duckling whenit IS fat enough to kill.—Look out for sour food.—Howto utilize food which has soured.—How to avoidyellow skin.—Winter rye for green stuff. The fattening starts when the duckHngs are eight weeksold. They are driven from the cold house at this age int3outdoor (or fattening) sheds. These are sheds which aresimply a roof on posts, the sides being open. The roofshould be tight but it is not necessary to make it absolutelytight by shingling or paper. All that is necessary is tonail battens ove
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