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Show DUCKS FOR MEAT AND EGGS M Pekln Breed Is Kept Almost Excht- ' H Ively for Green Duck Run- B ner Is Good Layer. fl "Tho Pekln breed Is kept almost ex- B cluslvely by producers of green ducks; and also on mnny farms whero they ore grown for meat" says H. W. San- born, extension poultry husbandman, I United States Department of Agricul- I turo. "They fatten rapidly and may I bo fed on rations recommended I for chickens, but better results are Ifc. usually secured by feeding moro green flf and vegctablo feeds und a lnrgcr pro- fM portion of mash. - B "For tho general farmer who Is H moro Interested ln obtaining eggs than producing meat, tho Runner Is n good H breed. This duck holds the same rela- tlvo position In the duck fnmtly that pTT-; TTT IZ BBJBJSJMSjBSSBjSBrTSSBSiBBrSBM Ba fiiMSp BbT ' l-7Jtit " - idn 4 H PxSJr BF "H.WI aTrA 4 2wi w-H IB LK "i P? SU J '.' Kb Pekln Ducks About Seven Weeko Old fl In Fattening Pen. B the Leghorn docs ln the chicken fam- H lly. It lays a good-sized whlto egg B considerably larger than n hen's egg, B and Is declared to bo n small eator, a BL good forager, and hardy. Tho Intro- BB ductlon of this bred is helping to B build up a trado of first-class duck H eggs. Theso eggs should bo marketed BV frequently, ns they depreciate In qual- B lty mora rapidly than hen's eggs." BR |