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Show 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 two broods of goslings a year. The young early take care of themselves on good pasture and grow rapidly. They should have oatmeal made into mash daily, and afterward a few oats or barley scattered over the grass late in tne evening. By careful feeding they grow very fast and by Christmas have been 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. 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. ( - 7. Nl Profitable Geese. The best location for a duck farm 13 ; on a tidewater stream or cove, where there is a constant succession of sea food with every tide. If given a little house 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 shut 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. The feathers command a good price. It is not necessary to have much water for ducks, yet it Is true that ducks will get a large portion por-tion of their living out of the water. Ducks must have a graBS range and plenty of fresh, clean water to drink, and they should also have a trough of water to bathe in if there is no stream handy. |