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set under hens, giving nine only to each est. When the ducklings 

 are hatched they are left with the hen for a day or two, and then put 

 alone in small pens, made of a frame of boards twelve inches wide 

 and about four feet square. They cannot escape from this, and are 

 provided with a small covered shelter at one corner, where they may be 

 enclosed at night. The food should be at first boiled corn meal and 

 oat meal, with chopped lettuce and young cabbage and onions. 

 A shallow pan covered over with coarse wire netting, so that they 

 cannot bathe in it, should be kept furnished with clean water three 

 times a day, and the young ducks must be fed every two hours. 

 With this feeding they will weigh four pounds at twelve weeks old and 

 sell for $1.50 to $2 the pair. They are then quite profitable; but 

 every day they are kept beyond this weight reduces the profit. The 

 old ducks may be left to forage for themselves until the winter, when 

 they may be fed with the geese upon chopped turnips, oats and corn. 



DOGS FOR THE FARM. 



Perhaps the only breed of dogs that can be said to be of much service 

 on the farm is the Scotch Collie, which has been recently introduced 

 here in considerable numbers, and is in great demand from ah 1 sec- 

 tions of the country. It is not only an excellent farm dog, but is 

 almost indispensable to the sheep or cattle raiser. I have used them 

 on my farm for the past thirty years and can well attest the many 

 tales of their wonderful sagacity. The cut given of my imported dog, 

 " Sport," the winner of many prizes and one of the best dogs ever 

 imported, will show the distinctive points of the Collie. He is broad 

 in the forehead; ears far apart, and stand straight at the base with the 

 tips inclined downwards when in repose, but when under orders 

 straight up in the attitude of the closest attention. His eye is bright 

 and has an intelligent look; face long; muzzle rather fine; head cov- 

 ered with fine hair; neck rather short; fore legs short but strong, 

 hind legs much longer but generally crooked, which gives him good 

 running power, as all dogs on the Scotch hill farms have to run a good 

 deal. The feet are flat and they have the extra claw on the hind leg 

 called the "Dew claw." The tail is long and bushy, and should always 

 be curved downwards lower than the back. The color varies; in 

 some it is black, others black and white, and others black, white and 

 tan. There is also a rough haired Collie, much used by cattle drovers. 

 Some of them resemble the fox in color and have sandy hair. A 

 few years ago Queen Victoria had a number of pure black and tan 

 Collies, which I saw at Balmoral. They were pretty, but I am of the 



