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CANADIAN FARM YEAR BOOK. 



The standard weight of the adult 

 duck is 8 pounds; adult drake, 9 

 pounds; young drake, 8 pounds; and 

 young duck, 7 pounds. 



Black Cayuga Ducks. — Originated 

 in America; produce from 80 to 90 

 eggs in the spring, and sometimes 

 lay again in the autumn. Standard 

 weight of adult drake, is 8 pounds; 

 adult duck, 7 pounds; young drake, 7 

 pounds, and young duck, 6 pounds. 



Colored and White Muscovy Ducks. 

 — The standard weight of this variety 

 of the adult drake is 10 pounds; adult 

 duck, 7 pounds; young drake, 8 

 pounds, and young duck, 6 pounds. 



Indian Runner Ducks. — Have been 

 credited with records of more than 

 200 eggs each in flocks of ten, and of 

 192 eggs each in flocks of 100. The 

 standard weight of the drake is 4^^ 

 pounds, and of the duck 4 pounds. 



Menu for the Chickens 



Note. — iCrushed oats to be in self feeding hopper all week, available at 

 any time for the hens. Or if preferred, they can be fed in a trough at noon 

 at the rate of about 8 pounds a day. 



