THE PRACTICAL COUNTRY GENTLEMAN 



to ten weeks from hatching. At one time it was 

 supposed ducks could not be raised without a 

 pond for the stock ducks to swim in, but this 

 old-fashioned theory Is untenable. Vast num- 

 bers of ducks are raised with only sufficient wa- 

 ter for drinking purposes. On the other hand, 

 those fortunate enough to possess brooks or 

 ponds where the old ducks can swim claim 

 that the birds do better under conditions natural 

 to water fowl. To one unfamiliar with ducks, 

 the appearance of the drake and that of the duck 

 are identical, but on close observation it will be 

 seen that the neck of the drake is thicker and 

 the head larger and the voice pitched in a lower 

 key. There is also the feather near the end of 

 the tail which curls over toward the head. 



The question of the selection of a good farm 

 team the writer has left to the last, for it is a 

 matter of the greatest importance, and the in- 

 experienced are too frequently led astray in 

 spending overmuch for satisfactory farm teams. 

 The shrewd buyer, however, has found that city 

 carriage horses whose feet have become tender 

 from pounding granite pavements make excel- 

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