COMMERCIAL DUCK FARMING 



certain other necessary work would be required. If 

 the owner desires to do his own hauling of the feed 

 from the railroad and the other necessary trucking 

 he would, of course, have to keep more horses, a 

 team at least, or an automobile truck. Where only 

 one horse is kept, this trucking must be hired done. 



Feeding Track. On many of the larger duck 

 farms, a feed track is employed in feeding the stock. 

 Such a track consists of a framework of sufficient 

 strength to support a car filled with mash which is 

 pushed along the track by hand. The track leads 

 from the feed mixer across the various yards where 

 the ducks to be fed are located, including both the 

 breeding ducks, yard ducks and brooder ducks in 

 yards. This involves a considerable amount of 

 trackage which must be fairly level and which runs 

 over the yard fences or along the ends of the yards 

 so that the feed can be shoveled directly from the 

 car into the feeding trays in the yards. The use of 

 a feed track simplifies the feeding considerably but 

 its construction is quite expensive. Where a track 

 is not used, the feed as mixed is dumped into a low 

 wagon which is driven along the yards, or through 

 them by removing movable panels in the fences and 

 the feed shoveled from the wagon to the feed trays. 



Electric Lights. Most duck farms at the present 

 time are located where electric lighting is available. 

 It is desirable and in fact almost necessary to have 

 the various houses wired so that lights can be turned 

 on when desired. In addition, lights are usually pro- 



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