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Show pass Ducks Grow Quickly and laced : Excel Laying Ability h a In considering the possibilities of tho poultry Industry, tlio heavy egg production produc-tion und quick maturing qualities of $S$4$$a(j tho duck should not be overlooked. Ducks will lay inuio eggs than chick wis and will, if proporly fed und ban IRD d'ct, wc,6n Blx pounds each at nlrio,to ten weeks of nge. inlES Unlike chlckcnfl, ducks may bo housed In very Inexpensive houses, Ono Indiana woman who n few years ago . ir Dia- 801(1 ovcr S1'100 worth of ducks In a year, housed them In rail penB covered with struu, nt a cost of less than, $10 for tho entire flock. However, .their bo won pens ( must bo well bedded with clean, ! 10 Amcr dry straw, as a duck with cold feet will 1 for first not lay. A well-drained locntlon should Collins, bo chosen for duck pens, as low, damp Is down ground soon becomes unsunltary, In duck rnlshlg, ns In all other d, looks brandies of tho poultry industry, It Is all brtof. wisest to stnrt with a small number ol had U10 birds or eggs, learning ns you proceed, ) titular rather than to plungo In to "make or ' Inyod In break," which to tho beginner usually , her big means break. A large, well-matured drako mated to flvo to seven thrifty nigh tho ducks will produco 00 to 100 ducks, winning which Is about ns many ns tho small 1st stars, poultrymnn or farmer's wlfo can caro igh In a -"or successfully. , scoring Unless tho brooding; quarters (are over to warm, ducks should not be hatched too i to show, early, ns tho loss from chilling' and s ho has cramps will offset the gains from ah early market. 1 |