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Show riOKi PROFIT IN GEESE AND DUCKS Fowls Are Important Adjunct to Farm and Farmers Living Near Water Should Raise Them. Those living close to water should raise geese and ducks. They will get a large part of their food from the streams and swamp lands, requiring very little grain during the summer months. Toulouse geese are hardy, early layers and prolific, often raising (wo broods of goslings a year. The young early take care of themselves on good pasture and grow rapidly. They should tiave oatmeal made Into mash daily, and afterward a few oats or barley scattered over the grass late in the evening. By careful feeding they grow very fast and by Christmas have br-en known to weigh 20 pounds each. Emb-den Emb-den geese grow to a large size and are said to be nearly equal to the Toulouse Tou-louse variety In early maturity. i Of the four varieties of ducks, "Rouen, Cayuga, Aylesbury and Peking, " we give the preference to the last for size, early maturity, abundance of eggs, hardiness and domestic habits. C y 77 ,-. J Profitable Geese. The best location for a duck farm Is on a tidewater stream or cove, where there is a constant succession of sea food with every tide. If given a little Iiouse upon the shore and a variety of grain at the evening meal they will come home regularly every night without further trouble. The eggs are mostly laid very early In the morning. morn-ing. The ducks should be kept Bhut j up In the yard until they have laid their eggs. The Peking and the Indian In-dian Runner are the most prolific layers. lay-ers. The feathers of the Peking duck are of the best quality, white, with a creamy shade. |