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POULTRY PRODUCTION 



vent the I)irds from getting into the dish. Water in which 

 tlie l)ir(is may swim is not necessary, althougli ducks kept 



Fig, 204 



Diick.^ rfcci\'iny no animal protein. Notice Cfjmpar,ati\"C nlirni irr md sj/( 

 (rourtcsy of W, P, Wheeler,) 



on a sandy soil or thick green sod will keep cleaner if a 

 swimming place is jirovided. 



Fig. 2n 



Duck 



;s receiving animal protein, (Courtesy of W. P, Wheeler. 



About the first of November the breeding ducks should be 

 placed in flocks of thirty to forty in the breeding pens and 

 yards and fed for la.ying by allowing free access to a dry 



free access to a dry 

 masn.wmcn may De composed of '^ parts wheat bran, ] part 

 middlings or ground oats, 1 part corn meal, and 1 part beef 



