. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. zy, they arealways waddling about to satisfy their eat anything, and are capital destroyers of snails and grubs. In theneighborhood of Oudenarde(eastern Flanders) more thana hundred thousand ducklingsare raised annually. Breedingbegins in November and endsin April. The land on whichthe ducklings are raised con-sists usually of fields belong-ing to the village, or commune,which allows pasturage for theyoung birds from Novemberto April, after which time thefields are reserved for devote themselves to rai
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. zy, they arealways waddling about to satisfy their eat anything, and are capital destroyers of snails and grubs. In theneighborhood of Oudenarde(eastern Flanders) more thana hundred thousand ducklingsare raised annually. Breedingbegins in November and endsin April. The land on whichthe ducklings are raised con-sists usually of fields belong-ing to the village, or commune,which allows pasturage for theyoung birds from Novemberto April, after which time thefields are reserved for devote themselves to rais-ing ducks, and as it is some-times difficult for the ownersto distinguish their birds, abrush of paint is found ducks may be seen in the markets withblue wings, green wings, etc. After quitting the eggs (which are generallyhatched by hens, chiefly the speckled Mecklinhen) they are shut up for a few days and fedon soft food — wheat, barley, and oats groundup and mixed with hard-boiled &gg. Afterthis they are let out into the field and supplied. Wild Ducks THK CiALLINACEOUS TRIBES 243
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