DUCKS AND GEESE 



vided in the yards for fattening ducks and are used 

 at night and especially during storms to keep the 

 ducks from stampeding. 



Water Supply. An adequate water supply is es- 

 sential. This will consist of a well or spring furnish- 

 ing an ample amount of water, a power pump and 

 a water supply tank. From the tank, the water must 

 be piped to the incubator cellar, the brooder houses, 

 the killing house, the feed house and to any of the 

 yards where the ducks do not have access to a na- 

 tural supply of good water. In addition, of course, 

 the water from the same tank is usually used to sup- 

 ply the residence. 



Fences. Not a great deal of investment is neces- 

 sary in fences since the yards are rather small and 

 the fences are low. Two-foot fences of two-inch 

 mesh wire are used for the yard ducks while for the 

 little ducks 18-inch wire of one-inch mesh is used. 

 The biggest items of expense connected with the 

 fences are the cost of the stakes or posts used in their 

 construction and the labor used in this work. The 

 portion of the yards extending into the water are the 

 most troublesome and most expensive to build. In 

 some cases, rather elaborate wooden picket fences 

 are used in the water yards. These are more perma- 

 nent but are more expensive to build. 



Labor. For a plant of the size indicated there 

 would be required in addition to an active 

 working proprietor three other men. One man would 

 be needed to operate the incubators, one man would 



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