COMMERCIAL DUCK FARMING 



brooder houses, there are required fattening houses 

 or sheds for the ducks when they are moved from 

 the No. 3 brooder house to the yards. Suitable 

 houses for this purpose are 16 feet deep by 24 feet 

 long. In front they are 5 feet high and in the rear 

 3^ feet. They are set on posts with a base board 

 around to make them tight. The fronts are entirely 

 open and provided with curtains which are used only 

 in the winter to keep out the snow. The ducklings 

 are shut in these houses when desired by means of 

 wire panels which close the lower part of the front. 

 Houses such as described are divided into two parts 

 and each side will accommodate 200 ducklings. 



Feed Storage. Considerable feed storage room is 

 necessary as it is very desirable to be able to buy 

 feed in quantity and also to carry a considerable 

 stock on hand in order to offset the possibility of not 

 being able to secure feed at any time. There should 

 be storage capacity for 4 cars of 30 tons each, in 

 other words, for 120 tons of feed. Still greater ca- 

 pacity than this is desirable. In connection with the 

 feed storage there should be a place where the feed 

 can be mixed and where feed can be cooked. Two 

 power operated feed mixers are required as one is 

 not suflicient during the busy season to allow the 

 mixing and feeding of the mash for both the breed- 

 ers and the young stock at the same time. A feed 

 cutter is necessary in preparing the green feed 

 which is mixed in the mash. The usual type of ket- 

 tle feed cooker is commonly used for boiling fish and 



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