. Ducks and geese; a valuable collection of articles on breeding, rearing, feeding, housing and marketing these profitable fowls . Ivt'CK HOUSES ON ^I'UULTUV FAUM, QUINCY, ILL. and debility -must result. For feeding purposes we prefer the long slatted trough which is really a coop without a top. It enables the ducks to reach in and get the feed and yet not trample upon and scatter or waste feed, or crowd each other. Many hundred pounds of feed are wasted every year through feeding ducks in flat or V open troughs, especially in wet weather when it is tramped into the mud and lost. A
. Ducks and geese; a valuable collection of articles on breeding, rearing, feeding, housing and marketing these profitable fowls . Ivt'CK HOUSES ON ^I'UULTUV FAUM, QUINCY, ILL. and debility -must result. For feeding purposes we prefer the long slatted trough which is really a coop without a top. It enables the ducks to reach in and get the feed and yet not trample upon and scatter or waste feed, or crowd each other. Many hundred pounds of feed are wasted every year through feeding ducks in flat or V open troughs, especially in wet weather when it is tramped into the mud and lost. A care- less feeder enters the_pen with a pail of feed; he finds the ducks all on the trough waiting for it; scatters it over their backs and as he turns to leave they flap a third of it into the mud. This means a serious loss on a large farm. The laying houses must now be considered. THE These can be very cheaply constructed and at LAYING the same time answer every requirement. Not HOUSES, a dollar need be spent on ornament. What is absolutely essential is a dry, well bedded floor, a tight roof and barn siding with battens on the outside. A 3x3-foot glazed slirj ing sash, a drop door and a door growth of grass, and this is unnecessary as it is preferable to supply the green food in the mash. Breeding ducks un- fortunately lose all desire for exercise. The liberality with which they must be fed induces laziness and they will be very indifferent to exercise until about two hours before feeding time, when they begin to make their wants known. Feed at regular hours. Sunrise and sunset are the best hours until the days grow too long, then six o'clock night and morning. If your ducks are all young, as they should be, there will be no danger of this feed making them overfat, but if there are any old ones among them there is danger that it might. This does not apply to drakes. We insist on young ducks, but have no objection to yearling drakes, and maintain the theory which we
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