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Show SOME TROUBLES WITH DUCKS Jsually Caused by Ignorance and Because Be-cause Nature of the Bird Is Not Fully Understood. When there Is trouble In raising J nek s It Is usually because the nature f the duck Is not understood. Ducks thould not be allowed water to swim n until matured and then the market lucks do not need It, although It is in aid to fertility, vigor and condition. condi-tion. It Is quite possible to make uaa. j i ii ,aja imj.wu;fVj;;-".jr " i fx,?'- ',- i " . '.!' ' .S ' V " ' - .V , - Flock of White Peklns. money by raising and selling ducks without water. Do not try to raise chicks and ducklings duck-lings together; the ducklings will soil '.he water till the chicks cannot and ihould not drink It, and will gobble up ill the food. The duck should be ted soft food and not too much grain. It has no crop, the food passing direct-;y direct-;y Into the gizzard, hence the Importance Impor-tance of having water at hand wHvn the ducks eat. Make sure that they lave an abundance of green food and land. When ducks are kept dry, bed-led bed-led In a clean place, given plenty of sater and the right kind of food, they tirow like weeds, and rarely suffer 'rom disease or lice, though lice will jccaslonally Infest thon. |