Gleanings in bee culture . occupation goes the bestwith iioultry-raising, we fancy hewould say, .More ducks.—Kd.] On page 61, Jan. 15, I said the(luck that gave the 100 eggs with-out a miss was still , to-day, Jan. 22, she is stillat it, making nearly two monthswithout a miss this winter. Ofcourse, there is a possibility of amistake; but as her eggs are ofa slightly bluish-green tint, andalso larger, than any of those laidby her daughters, a mistake isnot likely. None of her numer-ous daughters have so far comeup to her. Like the good womandescribed in the last chapter ofProverbs we
Gleanings in bee culture . occupation goes the bestwith iioultry-raising, we fancy hewould say, .More ducks.—Kd.] On page 61, Jan. 15, I said the(luck that gave the 100 eggs with-out a miss was still , to-day, Jan. 22, she is stillat it, making nearly two monthswithout a miss this winter. Ofcourse, there is a possibility of amistake; but as her eggs are ofa slightly bluish-green tint, andalso larger, than any of those laidby her daughters, a mistake isnot likely. None of her numer-ous daughters have so far comeup to her. Like the good womandescribed in the last chapter ofProverbs we can say of her,Manydaughters have done vir-tuously, but thou excellest themall. While speaking of the duck eggs 1believe it is usually the case that most ofthem vary more or less in size. Well, I amled to believe this is largely a matter of nu-trition. For some time 1 had been leavinga pan of corn with them all night long; butfinding the birds and rabbits were also help-ing themselves I covered their grain the. A. T. Root admiring his favorite Buttercup rooster last thing at night, and uncovered it at day-light. By so doing there was a saving infeed; but I soon felt sure the eggs were notuniformly as large. To get up a good-sizedegg every 24 hours requires good nourishingfood, and that without stint. Up to Jan. 1 I was boasting among theneighbors that I was getting four eggs a day
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