A GUIDE FOR KEEPERS OF POULTRY 117 
lings, and a box of crushed charcoal is valuable, as char- 
coal seems to help the digestion. On Long Island the 
method of feeding is as follows. This is perhaps a bet- 
ter system where large numbers of ducks are raised: 
From the time of hatching until seven days old, feed 
equal parts by measure of cornmeal, wheat bran and No. 
2 grade flour. This grade of flour is sometimes called 
“red dog” flour. To this add 10 per cent of the bulk of 
coarse sand. Mix with water to a crumbly mass and 
feed four times a day. 
From seven to 56 days feed equal parts by measure of 
cornmeal, wheat bran, and No. 2 flour. 10 per cent of this 
bulk of beef scrap; 10 per cent of coarse sand and about 
12 per cent of green stuff. Mix and feed as before. From 
56 to 70 days feed 2 parts by measure of cornmeal; 1 part 
wheat bran; 1 part No. 2 grade flour; 10 per cent of this 
bulk beef scrap; 12 per cent green stuff. Mix and feed 
as before. 
It should be remembered that both green stuff and 
beef scrap are absolutely necessary to the best growth of 
ducklings, and no one should undertake to raise them 
without feeding both, as ducks deprived of them never 
make as good growth as those which are supplied with 
them. Mix the feed fresh for every day in a trough, and 
if the weather is hot mix twice a day. Keep the mixing 
troughs clean and sweet. Feed in troughs, giving at each 
feed as much as will be eaten clean before the ducks stop 
eating, and no more. A little observation will show how 
much to feed. 
Ducks that are to be reserved for breeders should not 
be forced as rapidly as those to be sold in market. \While 
the rations for breeding ducks should be rich in protein, 
they should not be such as to produce a surplus of fat. 
