116 POULTRY BREEDING 
ducks to be sold at 10 weeks: From the time of hatching 
until five days old feed the following mixture: Cracker 
or bread crumbs and cornmeal, equal parts by measure; 
hard-boiled eggs, 15 per cent of the crackers and corn- 
meal; sand 5 per cent of the total. Mix with water or 
milk and feed four or five times a day. Stale bread 
crumbs may be substituted for the broken crackers. ix 
into a crumbly mass and feed four or five times a day, 
always remembering to have water where the ducklings 
can get it while eating. The eggs used are the infertiles 
tested out of the incubators during the hatch. From five 
to 20 days feed the following mixture: \Wheat bran, by 
measure 2 parts; cornmeal 1 part; rolled oats 50 per cent 
of this bulk; beef scrap 5 per cent; sand 5 per cent; green 
feed 10 per cent. Mix with water to a crumbly mass and 
feed four times a day. On Long Island the green feed 
is water grass, a plant that gruws in the inlets along the 
shore, having a peppery taste, ducks being very fond of 
it. Where this is not available green clover or lettuce, 
rape, or even tender grass of any kind, oats, rye or any 
such tender green stuff may be used. It should be cut 
into short lengths before being mixed with the other feed 
stuffs. - 
From 20 to 40 days feed the following mixture: Wheat 
bran by measure, 2 parts; cornmeal, 1 part; beef scraps, 
5 per cent of this bulk; sand, 5 per cent; green feed, 10 
per cent. Mix and feed as above. 
From 42 to 70 days feed by measure: Wheat bran, 1 
part; cornmeal, 2 parts; beef scrap, 10 per cent of this 
bulk; coarse sand or grit, 5 per cent; green stuff, 10 per 
cent. Mix and feed as before. Feeding should be done 
at6a.m.,10a.m., 2 p. m. and 6 p. m. 
It is a good plan to have grit accessible to the duck- 
