. Ducks and geese; a valuable collection of articles on breeding, rearing, feeding, housing and marketing these profitable fowls . A CORNER OF THE POLLARD DUCK FARM, SOUTH ATTLEEORO, MASS. ily knows the proper condition by the conduct of the bird and pays comparatively little attention to the thermometer after the heat is first determined before the birds are placed under the hover. After this time they run the temperature with reference to the ducklings rather than the ther- mometer. After the birds have reached the age of five weeks three feeds a day will be ample and they will not need the
. Ducks and geese; a valuable collection of articles on breeding, rearing, feeding, housing and marketing these profitable fowls . A CORNER OF THE POLLARD DUCK FARM, SOUTH ATTLEEORO, MASS. ily knows the proper condition by the conduct of the bird and pays comparatively little attention to the thermometer after the heat is first determined before the birds are placed under the hover. After this time they run the temperature with reference to the ducklings rather than the ther- mometer. After the birds have reached the age of five weeks three feeds a day will be ample and they will not need the warmth of a hover except very early in the season. At this age after the first of April they may generally be removed to cold houses and in the summer time after the first of June at six weeks of age they will do very well without any other shelter than that provided by a roof or water shed. After the seventh week they will do very well with simply a brush shade or the shade which comes from trees and shrubbery. This shade is an absolute essential and must be had for both breeding stock and ducklings, and they will not do well or thrive without it. Exposure to the hot sun annually kills more birds than any other cause. This shade may be fur- food which they will eat and an occasional mixture of vege- tables with the grains. This is best if intended for breeding stock, but if they are meant for the market alone it is unnec- essary, and they will grow as rapidly and do as well on a strict grain diet and will make a harder, heavier flesh. In fitting the birds for most eastern markets FITTING the ducklings sell better if dry picked. This is FOR done by sticking in the mouth, which allows the MARKET, birds to bleed freely, stunning them by a blow on the head and removing the feathers quickly before the carcass cools. This operation, while difficult for the beginner, is yet easy in the hands of an expert, and good pickers by this method will clean from 40 to 60 in a day of ten hours.
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