RANKIN'S DUCK BOOK 



corn-fodder, cut fine, clover or oat-fodder. Feed this mix- 

 ture twice a day, all they will eat. 



For Laying Birds. 

 Equal parts of wheat-bran and corn meal; ten per cent, 

 beef-scrap; twenty per cent, of low grade flour; ten per cent, 

 of boiled turnips or potatoes ; fifteen per cent, of clover-rowen, 

 green rye or refuse cabbage, chopped fine; three per cent, of 

 grit. Feed twice a day, all they will eat, with a lunch of corn 

 and oats at noon. Keep grit and ground oyster shells con- 

 stantly by them. We never cook the food for our ducks, but 

 mix it with cold water. 



For Feeding at Different Stages of Growth. 



The first four days, feed four parts wheat-bran; one part 

 corn-meal; one part low grade flour; five per cent, fine grit. 

 Feed four times a day, what they will eat clean. 



When from four days to four weeks old, feed four parts 

 wheat-bran ; one part corn-meal ; one part low-grade flour ; 

 three per cent, fine grit; five per cent, of fine ground beef- 

 scrap, soaked. Finely- cut green clover, rye or cabbage. Feed 

 four times a day. 



When from four to eight weks old, feed three parts 

 wheat-bran; one part corn-meal; one part low-grade flour; 

 five per cent, of fine grit; five per cent, of beef-scrap. Mix. 

 in green food. One per cent, fine oyster shells. Feed four 

 times a day. 



When from six to eight weeks old, feed equal parts corn- 

 meal, wheat-bran and fifteen per cent, low grade flour; ten 

 per cent, of beef-scrap; ten per cent, of green food; three per 

 cent, of grit. Feed three times a day. 



When from eight to ten weeks old, feed one-half corn- 

 meal; equal parts of wheat-bran and low grade flour; ten per 

 cent, of beef-scrap ; three per cent, of grit. Oyster shells and 

 less green food. Feed three times a day. They should now 

 be ready for market. 



Note — The above ingredients should be made into a mash, 

 and should be crumbly, not pasty. Proportions by measure, 

 not weight. 



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