Yards and Pens 



ducks are kept in confinement in comparatively 

 small pens or yards, it will sometimes be found 

 impossible to prevent the runs from becoming 

 foul, though occasional cultivation will aid ma- 

 terially in keeping the yards clean and in pro- 



ng. 80. Another view on Mr. Tmslow's duck farm, showing the trad 

 on which a car of feed is pushed from pen to pen at feeding time. 



viding a sanitary home for the occupants. Poul- 

 trymen use various disinfectants and absorbents 

 in the yards in order to keep them as clean as 

 possible. Yards that are not in use all the 

 year should be planted to some crop if an oppor- 

 tunity is afforded. Those poultrymen who make 



