. How we make ducks pay ... an illustrated guide to the profitable breeding of our modern Pekin all-white mammoth ducklings; plain and thorough lessons for beginners and others everywhere who write for the details and secrets of our waterless The grit may be ordinary sand or gravel for a certain 21 HOW WE MAKE DUCKS PAT period in the life of the ducks, after which the cheapestgranite grit is bought. Fancy grits costing as much ormore than grain are not used. The ground oyster shells essential to the egg formationare the widely known common and cheap kind. The part which water plays i
. How we make ducks pay ... an illustrated guide to the profitable breeding of our modern Pekin all-white mammoth ducklings; plain and thorough lessons for beginners and others everywhere who write for the details and secrets of our waterless The grit may be ordinary sand or gravel for a certain 21 HOW WE MAKE DUCKS PAT period in the life of the ducks, after which the cheapestgranite grit is bought. Fancy grits costing as much ormore than grain are not used. The ground oyster shells essential to the egg formationare the widely known common and cheap kind. The part which water plays in duck raising is animportant one. It adds volume to the food and it makesthe food cost less because it makes the same amount offood more filling. Ducklings are given a vast amount ofwater to drink between meals, also, and this fattens fattens ducks more than any other poultry — theyabsorb a lot of it in the course of a day. Does the reader know of anything raised on such acheap and simple ration as ducks, as above described?No expensive grains are needed. That is where the profits come in. The producing costis low but the selhng price is high. Even when sold tomiddlemen, the price is from three to five times the cost ofthe FIRST XURSERY YARDS The little ones are seen poking in the dirt and running around enjoyingthemselves. Wire netting eighteen inches high separates each pen. The birdsdo not fly at any age, nor jump from one pen to another over the netting. 22 CHAPTER TWOSHELTER, VENTILATION No buildings necessary to make a start with ducks on theaverage place.—Progress in the business means buildings.—Simple structures, all zvith dirt, not board, floors.—Kind of buildings needed depends on where you live,whether in warm South or cold North.—Run the firstincubator in cellar of house or back room.— Dimensionsof lumber for house construction.—Pens in the nurseryshould not be more than three feet wide.—Some thingsabout ventilation important to r
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