Show FAVOR INDIAN RUNNER DUCK among good qualities they are nol no susceptible to diseases and yield big profits the indian runner duck Is fast striding irom from obscurity into national prominence scarcely one person out of a hundred knows today the full value ot of this bird but leading poultry men have awakened to its merit and the people are soon to know its wonderful possibilities the old idea has been that a pond of at water was waa necessary in raising ducks but it has been proven that in dlan dian runner ducks need only enough water to drink and occasionally to bathe in for drinking purposes a tin vessel about eight inches deep filled with fresh water three times dally daily will answer and an old dishpan Is large enough for them to bathe in unlike hens hena indian runners lay tho the full year not so steadily of course I 1 4 indian runner duck during d boulting moul ting season but a flock of ten ducks and two drakes will average six to eight eggs dally daily tho the year round too much cannot be eald bald in their praise by those who own them and havo tested their good qualities they aro are never afflicted with sorehead head or roup rou p nor troubled by para cites beginning to lay at five months they are useful for five years often longer tho the markings of these bird aro varied some being light fawn and white nonie dark english penciled and still others pure white only the fawn and white to Is at present recognized in tho the standard of perfection however the pure white will be admitted within the next few months tho the fawn and white and english penciled range in price from two to five dollars their eggs bil nging ng two to five dollars a setting the pure white runner la Is a new breed and is high priced selling for 10 to 50 each eggs S and 10 a setting salting at eight weeks of age indian runners ners nera should weigh at least four our pounds dounda and are delicious deli cloua broca bro liot freal baked W roz roasted |