Roosevelt Standard | 1917-01-10 | Page 2 | Ducks Profitable on General Farms

DUCKS profitable ON GENERAL FARMS fowls can be raised with success and profit says government poultry expert ducks can be raised with wilh success and at a profit on general tunas farms says alfred R lee a poultry specialist ot of the department of agriculture but they do not appear to be as well a adapted cs as a source of income to average farm conditions as fowls although they serve to add variety both of meat and of eggs tor for the farmers table if the demand for ducks and especially for duck eggs increases breeds of ducks which are good layers should be profitable profi lable on farms particularly ticul arly where there Is good pasture land containing a stream or an any y running water farmers rarely give the necessary care to their ducklings duc klings elther cither in feeding or in markett marketti marketing i to be able to cater to the tha trade in a I 1 fancy green ducks