Show profitable DUCK INDUSTRY ON FARMS ak V SUPERIOR ON LONG ISLAND ducks can bo be raised with success find and nt at a profit on general affirms says alfred it lee a n poultry specialist of the hie department ot of agriculture but they do not appear to bo be ns as well adapted as a source of income to average astrin conditions its as fowls nl though they serve berve to rodd add variety both of neat meat and of eggs for the farmers fan ners table it if the demand for ducks and especially for duck eggs increases breeds of ducks which are arc rood good layers should ile be profitable on oil farms particia barly where there Is good pasture land containing it stream str cani or any running water farmers rarely give the necessary care to their ducklings duc klings either cither lit in feeding or in marketing to bo able to enter cater to the trade lit in fancy green ducks duck farms are usually located on light sandy bandy soll soil generally on oil sloping land where tile droppings will leads I 1 I 1 7 pekin duck freely into the hie csoll so that the land keeps sweet find clean the farin should have good shipping facilities to aid both lit in shipping products pio ducts und and lit in buying supplies toe ti ie arrangement of the buildings should ile be planned to economize labor and allow for future increase of the equipment the cincu bitter cellar should ho he comen lent to the brooder house the brooder house to the growing house and pens liens and these buildings to tho the killing house tile the pens lit in the he liou houses seg tit alio outside yards find the arrangement of tho the buildings should ile he planned phinius phin iud so BO that lint the ducks rally bo be easily located con coll ellel lt watering entering arrangements tire lire es cs where large numbers of ducks tire lire kept ns as they require a large nino tint of water while ducks may he be kept successfully under very cry intensive conditions it la is advisable to allow considerable yard ind space ei ice double yards aids which alch may ho be rotated aal planted to quick growing crops much ns as nil rye re are good for intensive trunk farms it Is advisable to have n R pond or stream for the breeding arec dang ducks ns as they usually glie give bettor better fertility under these conditions although on oil some boino successful duck it ek fnnnk tile ducks tire ahns kept on it dry find the soung ducks on some farms which holcli anio lave it pond are not allowed to go into tile tho water except to battle and clean their feathers just before marketing other growers however hoer allow tilt ducks free an fn 0 o access necess to p ponds ands or tons until they nio fire marketed there tire 11 standard breeds of ticks ducks which bilci lil ci inny ile bo divided into three classes 1 the ineat class including the aylesbury Ales buryi Iu rouen cayuga nult buit and swedish 2 the egg class which includes it the 0 indian find 3 alio life ornamental class col composed Posed of the call the crested white end and the black enst india tho the conanon puddle luck duck Is kept on oil jnnny farms lit in the middle west and south anti Is of small slie it poor ln layer er anol nn an undesirable type of market luck 11 excepting tile lie eoy till nil of our economic breeds of ducks ilick 9 HIP tire salt sald to lime have originated from froin tit alie millard or common wild ald ducks |