BROODING AND REARING YOUNG STOCK 



together. If hot water is used in the mixing this is 

 not needed. 



Sand must be fed either by mixing it in to the ex- 

 tent of about 3 % of the ration or the sand can be fed 

 separately in hoppers as previously described. This 

 same mixture may be fed in the No. 1, No. 2, and 

 No. 3 brooder houses, or in other words, until duck- 

 lings go to the yards, or ration No. 2 given below 

 may be substituted either at the start or after a week 

 or ten days. After the ducklings go to the yards the 

 following fattening ration is used : 200 pounds corn 

 meal, 100 pounds low-grade flour, 100 pounds bran, 

 1 part in 10 of beef scrap and 2 tubs or bushels of 

 green stuff. Some duck growers prefer to feed 300 

 pounds of com meal instead of 200 pounds. This 

 ration like the other is fed 3 times a day. Of course, 

 there are many different rations in use with good re- 

 sults, every grower having more or less personal 

 preferences in this matter. A proper proportion of 

 animal feed, consisting of beef scrap or fish is very 

 important as the ducklings will not grow and make 

 normal gains if this is omitted or reduced in amount. 



Much has been written about the feeding of celery 

 seed to fattening ducklings for the purpose of im-. 

 proving the flavor of the flesh and formerly duck- 

 lings were advertised and sold as "celery-fed". As 

 a matter of fact, the amount of celery seed fed was 

 small and it is questionable how much influence it 

 had on the flavor of the birds. At the present time, 



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