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Show I DUCK3 A'lO DUCK ECC3 rraelleal lernetnatlen nn aeterat Itath IMi.ote.l l-elnlt In l.irk C.llt. Tlio following iiKTle ieera rei"ntly ntked and antwerod lit tho Xtw York World. "I IK I need draket? 3 It there a tnricleut an 1 nylng t itrket for largo qnantitlea of dnck eggaf 3. What it tho beat food for laying dncka? 4 How long U fore dncka liakleil in March will coin Inencotnlayf S. Jtll.t I Ir)lMt thetl Into tmall flockt, or can I lento them together to-gether In out) largo flock? C It there a good market for tprlng durkt? " Will a duck farm managed right ui ;" Tin foregoing iueellona were nntwere 1 I aafollowa: . 1 Vou need to keep drnlet for breeil I Ing pnrioeca. There riraiild In nluitt j mo drako to II vo dit-kt. 3. Dmk eggt liavo a fairly roitl market. Winn ute.1 for culinary imriwnet they tell at ft'ly tht tarao rate at Inn eggt, tomellinea they tell higher It It, however, lbcveil that raiting d orkt for eggt nloito can hardly bo loalo I iiroiluble. Their naturnl laying tentoti it at a Unit when eggt are i It my an 1 cheap, an I there would tw along Inter vn), I with no cath retnrn, nn 1 dm kt are lingo catera. Miinply at egg producert bent j will U) foun I tint moat I rotltable. Halting Halt-ing dncka for Hietr flrth, an I inarkellnx tbetn wlien 8 1 r lu woekt ol 1, It com! ler cdtheheatpartofthQlmtlnoM. 3 I)it ka will eat aluioe; anything, an 1 generally t a ar to lw on tbt movo hnnling ft r toinetblng more to rat. Tliey are ei I trtitiely ii!al to toft food, tm h at a rommeol and bran tnlkture. Tbey nlto devour all green tluiT and cooked Vi go I laUeagreclily l)rygralntiuaylglvtn ' them onco a day In tmall qnitilltle. 4. Aa before ttaled, titrlng It their natural laying aeaton, but umlrr ilonietttlcatinii tvinwi rarlt Ilea liavo been made to lay at I ? mentht ol 1, and In aomo catrt, It bat Ilwe li aakl, even entile r, Imt luih recocl-ly recocl-ly cannot Iw defended on In reply to queation ? wt quota front Mr. Jaratw llankln, nn excellent authority author-ity on dncka. He aayti "My durkt ant confined In yardt 31 by lw) feet, aomo forty blrda In hkIi janb Tlwy never , tewa'ertlie)errtimeleii-e4tiiilrlnk " At will Iw percelretl, Mr. llankln dim not eoletbler a f rati rangt reaentuil Ho liatrhM hit eggt with nrtlhVltl Incit-liatora, Incit-liatora, Whllt ttueka may bo renre-1, inkr careful management, without water arel In mulcted quarten, wlmi jTactlraliM they ought to hart a rraami alitt Alnount of tpaco and water All ljiiltry thrive Iwtter for having anfll cemitrango. C There la alwn)ta gtetd market lu large tlllea for tally youn t tlncka. 7. heilierai1nok farui wllluy driaidt tm Hm man, hit managtiiiet,t, Wt liking for tbt kilue an I a location ct nvenlent to n gntal market. Then It aiapbt teatlniony that wrtona favorably tltiutetl nt to markttt, wit I raltotlilckt-tiontil diiclMln lanro limit |