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Show RSLTO DUCKS FOR GENERAL FARMER Where One It More Interested In Obtaining Ob-taining Eggs Than Market Fowls, Runner la Best For the general farmer who is more Interested In obtaining eggs than la producing green ducks for the market, mar-ket, the Hunner is a good breed. This duck holds the same relative position in the duck family that the Leghorn does In the chicken family. It lays t x"sT"'1'' m& - fir?4' Fine Flock of Youngsters. a good-sized white egg, considerably larger thau a hen's egg, and is declared de-clared to be a small eater, a good for-ager, for-ager, and hnrdy. The fattening ration, which should be used for two weeks before killing, j consists of three parts, by weight, of j comment, two parts of low-grade flour ! or middlings, one part of bran, half part of beef scrap, 10 per cent green feed, and 3 per cent grit This mash Is fed three times daily. The green feed is sometimes left out of the ration during the last week of fattening, as it tends to color the meat, but it Is easier to keep the ducklings in good feeding condition if it is included. Boiled flsh is sometimes used in place of the beef scrap, but this should be discontinued two weeks before the ducklings are killed, in order not to impart a fishy odor to the bird when served. |