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DUCKS AND DUCKLINGS DOWN 

 IN FLORIDA. 



More about the Duck that Laid 100 

 Eggs without a Miss. 



BY A. I. KOOT. 



[To the question, " What occupation 

 poes the best with bees ? " we have oft- 

 en replied, "' roultry-raisinK:" but W. 

 /,. Hutchinson's invariable reply was, 

 "More bees." If our senior editor, the 

 writer i)t the following article, were 

 asked what occupation goes the best 

 with iioultry- raising, we fancy he 

 would say, ".More ducks."— Kd.] 



On page 61, Jan. 15, I said the 

 (luck that gave the 100 eggs with- 

 out a miss was still laying. 

 Well, to-day, Jan. 22, she is still 

 at it, making nearly two months 

 without a miss this winter. Of 

 course, there is a possibility of a 

 mistake; but as her eggs are of 

 a slightly bluish-green tint, and 

 also larger, than any of those laid 

 by her daughters, a mistake is 

 not likely. None of her numer- 

 ous daughters have so far come 

 up to her. Like the good woman 

 described in the last chapter of 

 Proverbs we can say of her, 

 "Many daughters have done vir- 

 tuously, but thou excellest them 

 all." 



While speaking of' the size._of duck eggs 1 

 believe it is usually the case that most of 

 them vary more or less in size. Well, I am 

 led to believe this is largely a matter of nu- 

 trition. For some time 1 had been leaving 

 a pan of corn with them all night long; but 

 finding the birds and rabbits were also help- 

 ing themselves I covered their grain the 



A. T. Root admiring his favorite Buttercup rooster 



last thing at night, and uncovered it at day- 

 light. By so doing there was a saving in 

 feed; but I soon felt sure the eggs were not 

 uniformly as large. To get up a good-sized 

 egg every 24 hours requires good nourishing 

 food, and that without stint. 



Up to Jan. 1 I was boasting among the 

 neighbors that I was getting four eggs a day 



The duck that laid 100 eggs without a " skip." together with her comrades, as they go out every ii 

 Ingonthe drainage canal. The two with the dark bills are ducks, and the two with yellow bills 

 drakes. The drakes are also lighter In color. 



morn- 

 bills are 



