240 



MAKING POULTRY PAY 



twenty of beef scraps. The amount of beef scraps is 

 increased until at three weeks old they get about one- 

 eighth scraps. This proportion is kept up until they 

 are ready for market. This ration gives a white- 

 skinned duck free from flabbiness. The houses and 

 runs on a California duck ranch are shown in Fig- 

 ure 99. 



HANDLING THE BREEDING STOCK 



The birds should be housed in warm quarters 

 before the first of December, placing from thirty to 



■FIG. 99 A FEW PEKINS ON A CALIFORNIA DUCK RANCH 



thirty-five together in a. pen. Twelve by twenty feet 

 will be large enough, if kept clean, with a yard of 

 corresponding width outside 100 feet long. This will 

 give the birds room enough to exercise in. These 

 yards should have natural drainage, otherwise thev 

 will soon become filthx- in the e.xtreme. There is no 



