No. 4.] 



POULTRY CULTURE. 



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about 50 per cent. These duck farms are all examples of 

 beginning small and growing large on the profits. 



Certain varieties or families of ducks have been selected and 

 bred for the production of white eggs, and the producers are 

 able to get 5 to 8 cents per dozen more than for hens' eggs. 

 The 200-egg duck has become an actuality. The following 

 record sent me by a man living on the border between Massa- 

 chusetts and Rhode Island is proof of this: — 



Table 3. — Estimated Value of Eggs received from 15 Ducks beginning 

 November 1, 1913, and ending October 31, 1914- 



Month. 



Number of 



Price 



per Dozen 



(Cents). 



Amount. 



November, 

 December, 

 January, . 

 February, 

 March, 

 April, 

 May, 

 June, 

 July, 



August, . 

 September, 

 October, . 

 Total, 



58 

 117 

 136 



66 

 256' 

 435 

 413 

 382 

 422 

 368 

 253 

 194 



$2 42 

 5 85 

 5 44 

 2 20 



7 46 

 10 87 



9 63 



8 91 

 10 55 

 10 75 



8 85 



3,100 



S90 99 



The average number of eggs per duck was 206i%6. 

 Average value of eggs per duck, $6.06. 



Ducks are hardy rapid growers, and about the right size for 

 family use. A few raised on every farm help greatly to keep 

 down the meat bills. 



Turkeys. 



At one time New England was the great turkey-producing 

 section of the country, but the disease known as blackhead 

 practically wiped out the business. The general opinion pre- 

 vails that when once this disease gets a foothold on a farm very 

 little can be done with turkeys. The germs that cause black- 

 head are quite widely distributed. They are found to infest 



