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mixture : 2 parts corn meal, 3 parts bran, 1 part each of beef scrap and No. 2 

 flour. This can be fed until the ducks are sold. If the trade demands fatter 

 birds the amount of corn can be increased. F. H. Fehrenschild, Westwood, 

 New Jersey. 



Feed a mixture made as follows: Two parts each of corn meal, ground 

 oats, and middlings. For every 6 quarts of these, add a large handful of fine 

 sand and one quart of meat scraps. Mix thoroughly and wet up just a little 

 more than for chicks. Feed four times a day. When the ducklings weigh 

 about 2 pounds apiece, add 2 parts of cracked corn to the mash each night. You 

 can almost see them plump up. They will be ready for market when about ten 

 weeks old. Sell them just before the pin feathers start-^because ducks shrink in 

 flesh as the feathers come out. Merrill Hutchinson, Reading, Mass. 



When the ducklings are 36 hours old, feed them oatmeal moistened with 

 sweet milk. Feed this five times daily the first week, then add one feed of shorts 

 and'bran and a little beef meal once a day for the second week. The third week 

 discontinue the oats and give bran twice a day, and Kafir corn once a day. 

 When ten weeks old feed only morning and evenings. Mrs. Henry Shrader, 

 Wauneta, Kans. 



The first two or three days feed the ducklings the following mash : 1 part 

 corn meal, 2 parts wheat bran, one-half part middling and 5 percent sand. When 

 three days old add 5 percent meat scrap and one-third green stuff to this ration. 

 Feed until birds are about 6 weeks old, then feed the following mixture : One 

 part each of bran, dry brewer's grains, corn meal and middlings. To this add 

 one-third part green stuff, 10 percent meat scrap and 5 percent sand. Ever- 

 green Poultry Farm, Glassboro, N. J. 



Feed a mash of prepared poultry feed, beef scrap, sand and finely cut cow- 

 pea vines the first three weeks. The 4th week begin feeding a mash of one-half 

 each wheat middlings and prepared feed. The 6th week start using all wheat* 

 middlings. The 4th week gradually begin increasing the amount of green stuff 

 and beef scraps. Feed the ducklings 5 times a day the first two weeks and then 

 three times daily 6 a. m., noon and 5 p. m. First three weeks feed all they 

 will eat hut do not crowd them the last seven weeks. 



First week feed four times daily on bran and bread or cracker crumbs 

 mixed with a little fine sand. The second week begin feeding just as often, one- 

 third each of bran, corn meal and bread or cracker crumbs, adding a little meat 

 meal and fine sand. The fifth week begin giving equal parts bran and corn 

 meal, 10 percent sand and meat meal, and mix in a little cut clover. Feed four 

 times daily if confined. Edward G. Norman, Marietta, Pa. 



Feed four times daily the following mixture : 1 part each shorts, rolled 

 oats, corn meal and bran, and blood meal, 1 teaspoonful to each quart of feed. 

 Dampen this with skim milk or water until it crumbles. Keep green food, water 

 and grit before the ducklings at all times. The second week begin feeding the 

 above ration, but use 2 parts of bran instead of one part, and a tablespoonful 

 of blood meal to each quart of food instead of a teaspoonful. Keep grit and 

 water before them. F. D. Fowler, Carlinville, 111. 



When milk can be fed reasonably, the rations given for crate-fattened 



