raise 90 per cent of all I hatch. Brooders are all right, but for 

 the average farmer, the hens are best. I have raised them both 

 ways and know. The simplest and best feed for the ducklings is 

 bread soaked in milk, squeezed quite dry and crumbled on a clean 

 board by the coops, for the first week ; then I feed four parts by 

 measure of bran, one part of corn meal, one part of middlings, 

 with a little sand mixed in. Feed this mixture moistened for 

 about a week, then add 5 per cent of beef scraps, and continue 

 this for six or eight weeks, giving them a grass pasture. 



'Tor water fountains, I use the inverted gallon cans on sau- 

 cers ; they are simple and easy to keep clean. It is not necessary 

 to have running water. A sunken basin made of cement in the 

 ground makes an excellent place for them to take a bath, for 

 they do enjoy it. 



"Much has been said about care and feeding of the Indian 

 Runner ducks, but let me say right here that it is the product 

 from the Runners that gives them value to the open-eyed farmer. 

 Their eggs are larger than and just as white as the Leghorn eggs, 

 and a basketful of Runner eggs taken into a city or country town 

 will more than take the eyes of people who are lovers of eggs. 

 My own experience proved this true, for my wife took several 

 dozen to have a photo made from them, and they were all sold 

 before she was out of the photo gallery, at an advanced price over 

 the highest market price of hens' eggs, and orders followed her 

 home for more of the eggs. 



"Every good sound-minded farmer knows that anything 

 fancy is out of the farmers' line ; what they want is practical re- 

 sults. They want something in return for their money. My ad- 

 vice, as a farmer, to all farmer friends when buying eggs or 

 stock is to get the real true Indian Runner, and not mere 'fancy 

 stock,' unless you want to attend the shows and take in 50-cent 

 premiums. Compare this with a basketful of nice large white 

 eggs that will put smiles on all that see them and want them. 



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