. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. VII. No. 160. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Ls7. DUCKS. Indian Runner Ducks. Inilirin Runner ducks have been introduced into -the West Indies, iind wherever they are known, their great laying [)owers and hardy constitution ciuse them to be regarded with favour. Notes on the character- istics of this breed nppeareci in the Ac/ritjultand iV^'U'-s, Vol. II, p. -218, and Vol. V, p. ]!)b. The following particulars are taken from the Poultri/ Journal of April last :— Indian Itunncrs have held their nwn as layers of the 'la
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. VII. No. 160. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Ls7. DUCKS. Indian Runner Ducks. Inilirin Runner ducks have been introduced into -the West Indies, iind wherever they are known, their great laying [)owers and hardy constitution ciuse them to be regarded with favour. Notes on the character- istics of this breed nppeareci in the Ac/ritjultand iV^'U'-s, Vol. II, p. -218, and Vol. V, p. ]!)b. The following particulars are taken from the Poultri/ Journal of April last :— Indian Itunncrs have held their nwn as layers of the 'largest number of eggs of any breed for many years, and at the present time many people keep diein simi)ly for the 4)roduetion of eggs on account of the fact tliat there is a ready sale for duck eggs in nearly every town and vilbige— as the jiopular taste is decidedly in favour of a freshly laid duck egg for the br^akfa-^t table—this b^'ing much richer in flavour than those laid by fowls. As table birds the Indian Runners are not pvjfitable for sale, as their habits are so active—being similar to the Leghorn fowls in this particular—that' to put on flesh at a satisfactory rate for marketing is out of the question. For home consumption their tlesh is acceptalde, as they .are not troubles ))ne to rear, and since they commence to lay at such an early age they can always be hatched in Decendjcr and -January, so tliat the ducklings make a welcome diversion in the«t'/u«for the fanuly, an 1 are invariably acce|itei by the housewife as the finest ducks going, on account of being available when other and larger ducks cannot be had. When kept on a free range they arc splendid foragers, ;anJ during some parts of the year will get the wh give the number of eggs an was made several years ag(j with 250 plants and a packet of seed from Cinchona, and this strain has been adhered to down to the present time. At the beginning of 1906, about 100 acres were under cultivation,
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