Lilly's complete annual : bee supplies spray materiels poultry supplies fertilizers seeds . ll be an advant-age to limit their time required to fattena duckling for market isusually from ten to twelveweeks, varying accordingto the season. No definite time can be laid down to market duck-lings, for there are so many factors governing should be marketed as soon as they have theirfirst full coat of feathers, for if they are keptlonger than that there is an imperceptible moulttaking place that will cause a loss of flesh for thetime being, which will not be regained until theyar
Lilly's complete annual : bee supplies spray materiels poultry supplies fertilizers seeds . ll be an advant-age to limit their time required to fattena duckling for market isusually from ten to twelveweeks, varying accordingto the season. No definite time can be laid down to market duck-lings, for there are so many factors governing should be marketed as soon as they have theirfirst full coat of feathers, for if they are keptlonger than that there is an imperceptible moulttaking place that will cause a loss of flesh for thetime being, which will not be regained until theyare in possession of their adult plumage. In shipping ducks to market, great care should betaken that they are not over crowded. No coopshould contain more than ten ducks in one of the successful duck shippers use a coop thatcan be more or less darkened, which will prevent thebirds from getting excited and trampling each other. Duck eggs generally bring a little higher pricethan hen eggs, and are in demand for ordinaryhousehold purposes and among candy makers andpastry Geese, for some reason, are not as popular asthey should be on the Pacific Coast. No other fowlor animal of the farm will give as large returnsfor the time and money expended. It is, of course, not possible to raise geese in*large numbers unless plenty of grazing space isavailable, but where range and green grass areplentiful the cost of raising geese is almost of the valleys all over the Northwest areideally situated for goose culture, and it is sur-prising that there are not more of them raised. Goslings require about the same food and careas little chicks, but are much more independent,and will be hustling for themselves in a surpris-ingly short time. There is a limited market for early green geese,but the majority are mar-keted during the Thanks-giving and Christmas holi-days, at which time theyare in the best condition,and highest prices arerealized. Although geese will gen-erally
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