DUCKS AND GEESE 



celery seed is not used in fattening the ducklings on 

 most of the large duck farms of Long Island. 



A comparison of gains made by ducklings on two 

 different rations is shown in the following table. 

 Ration No. 1 consists of the fattening ration given 

 above. Ration No. 2 consists of 100 pounds bran, 

 100 pounds corn meal, 50 pounds rolled oats, 50 

 pounds gluten feed, 10% beef scrap. The ducks 

 used were three days old at the first weighing and 

 there were 27 in each lot. After the second weigh- 

 ing the number in each lot was reduced to 24 ducks. 



Feed No. 2 



rage Weight Total Weight Averase Wt 

 0.176 41 lbs. 0.176 



0.37 9J " 0.352 



0.687 17J " 0.729 



1.125 

 2.02 

 2.354 

 2.62 

 3.437 

 4.312 

 4.968 

 5.62 



Lights for Ducklings. Often when the ducks are 

 about one-third grown or about 4 weeks old they 

 will ' stampede at night at any unusual noise or any 

 other disturbance. In doing this, especially when 

 they are in fairly large lots, they surge back and 

 forth in the pens, running over one another with the 

 result that their backs are torn and scratched while 

 not infrequently more serious injuries result and 



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