44 NATURE AND ITS 



Never have different ages among" your ducks, have them 

 all of a size and if some are smaller put them with a smaller 

 lot. Then they will get a fair show for their living. 



Don't feed much meat to ducklings when very young, 

 and never feed grain. Never give them milk to drink as it 

 makes the down come out. 



Always water while feeding mash or they will die. they 

 must have water to clean their bills out and their nostrils 

 for air. 



When ducklings are raised for breeders don't force them. 

 They don't need feeding five times a day. Never let them 

 in the water to swim. They lose their weight and will not 

 fatten. Also keep them yarded. If you are raising them 

 for breeders, let them in the water when they are eight 

 weeks old. They enjoy it and do well on free range and 

 find lots to eat in the way of bugs, etc. If these directions 

 are followed you will make it pay better than corn or hogs. 



There is twice the money in ducks that there is in hogs. 

 Hogs sell at $3 per 100 pounds and ducks will bring $10 per 

 100 pounds any time in the year and sometimes will bring 

 .$25, so you see the profits are good in ducks. 



GEESE. 



There are half a dozen breeds of geese, but the best 

 market geese, and the hardiest, are the Toulouse and the 

 Brown China. 



The Toulouse goose lays forty eggs per year. The 

 Brown China lays sixty to seventy per year. The weight of 

 rgoose and gander when one year old is about twenty pounds 

 -each and their meat is coarse and flabby. 



Brown China geese are the most beautiful geese one can 

 imagine. They look like swans and are like soldiers when 

 out of the water, their heads up and very proud. They are 

 very gentle and the young are hardy. 



