Show GAIN WITH DUCKLINGS A lot ct or Pekin ducklings were put up In n a small yard and feel fed by way va of ex cx experiment continuing for eight week i On the week seek they weighed four oaths each some weeks sonic gome Individuals having gained as much as 12 ounces In one cuk Pekin ducks ay me limes weigh OUT oer five pounds each when 10 weeks old Now Nott for the cause The first four weeks week they consumed on an user aver ago ngo fur for the four weeks two pounds of food each but from the fourth to the eighth week they ate three thieo and one half pounds hounds of food a week each or half a pound a day the food consistIng of three parts of ground corn one part of bran one part of shorts ship stuff anti one of ground meal This was scalded anti and fed five times a day time the first two weeks and three times a day tile the last lx ix weeks The cost tot for a ii pound of Is eight cents or 3 32 cents for n a duck the In market being 20 cents a pound about June or SO cents a duck which leaves a large profit though prices blue fluctuate according to time the market and quality |