Show WJ op FAVOR INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS hardest of all domestic pawl and do equally as aa well cown oid jd as on ail freo free range indian runner ducks ire the handiest hardiest har diest of all domestic 1 als As they do equally well in confinement or on tree free range they may be profitably kept by persons persona in town or city as well as by farmers they do not require pond or running water just juit water to drink in something deep enough so the whole head can be im Iner sed says the interstate poultry iman anan they may b be e kept more cheaply on tree free range as they will find many things of little or no value such a as 8 b bugs u gs worms grasshoppers grass t tc C these they convert into large white eggs which if not sold for hatching will command several cents above the market price of hen ben eggs and an d at easter will bring twice as aa fl much ih they do not differ in flavors flavor from hen eggs but are superior for all kinds ol of cooking As a table fowl fok the th 0 indian 1 nd 1 an runner duck Is excellent the meat Is tender juicy and fine grained thus far the demand for breeding stock and eggs for hatching has been so great that the duck has haa not been raised to a great extent as market stock but wherever it has become known as a table fowl it Is wanted As egg producers tho the indian runner females are re too valuable to sell on the market until from three to nine years old A flock from a good lay ing strain will average from 0 40 to ti eggs per layer per year it if prop erly managed I 1 find by actual test that tho the feed that will keep a plymouth rock hen in good shape will keep a runner duck plump so I 1 think it safe to say that they can be ba kept as cheaply as any of the large breeds 0 of f hens in winter and cheaper in summer if on free range as they will forage farther into the fields wo like them much better than hens na as they do not destroy crops neither are they so much of a nuisance around the buildings as hens the ducklings duc klings of this breed can be raised to a marketable size cheaper and more quickly than those of any other breed As the ducks never set the ducklings duc klings must ie be hatched by incubators or liens hens liens hena give the best results ofton often hatching every egg given them the eggs are very fertile band nd may it ita desired be hatched any month in the year ducklings Duc klings hatched in june or july often lay all winter while it if hatched in march they will lay in t time to hatch batch ducklings duc klings from them by the of october |