. Ducks and geese; a valuable collection of articles on breeding, rearing, feeding, housing and marketing these profitable fowls. Ducks; Geese. 24 DUCKS AND GEESE. the second day rolled oats and bran can be substituted. A little finely chopped rye or cabbage can be safely used at ten days old. At ten days, feed one-fourth cornmeal, the rest wheat bran with a little rolled oats mixed in, not forgetting the grit, about ten per cent of ground beef scraps or other animal food and a little green food. At six weeks old feed equal parts bran and cornmeal with a little quaker oats; feed also grit and
. Ducks and geese; a valuable collection of articles on breeding, rearing, feeding, housing and marketing these profitable fowls. Ducks; Geese. 24 DUCKS AND GEESE. the second day rolled oats and bran can be substituted. A little finely chopped rye or cabbage can be safely used at ten days old. At ten days, feed one-fourth cornmeal, the rest wheat bran with a little rolled oats mixed in, not forgetting the grit, about ten per cent of ground beef scraps or other animal food and a little green food. At six weeks old feed equal parts bran and cornmeal with a little quaker oats; feed also grit and beef scraps. At eight weeks old give one part bran to three parts cornmeal to fatten them, with the grit and beef scraps, but not any green stuff. The birds should be ready for market at ten weeks old and should dress to average from eleven to twelve pounds per pair at that age. The birds should be fed four times a day until six weeks old, then three times is sufficient. They should be watered only when fed until six weeks old, then they should be watered between meals also. Feed no more than they will eat up clean, and keep them a little hungry. They will thrive better so. Keep the pens dry and clean, allowing no filth about. Give them all the exercise you can during the inclement weather or winter. I will now give my methods and formulas for feeding the young birds (at different stages of growth) for eggs, also for breeding birds: For Breeding Birds (Old and Young Dur- FORMTJLAS ing the Fall)—Feed three parts wheat bran, FOR one part Quaker oat feed, one part cornmeal, FEEDING. five per cent of beef scraps, five per cent of grit, and all the green feed they will eat, in the shape of corn fodder (cut fine), clover, or oat fodder. Feed this mixture twice a day, all they will eat. For Laying Birds—Equal parts of wheat bran and corn- meal, twenty per cent of Quaker oat feed, ten per cent of boiled turnips or potatoes, fifteen per cent of clover rowen, green rye or refuse cabb
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