iness to disappoint people who express their faith in you by trust- 

 ing their money and hope to you. She will never sell a kind that 

 will do that, and she knows it! Last year, I intended to buy 

 some ducklings from Mrs. . When I got her circular tell- 

 ing about some of her ducks laying two eggs a day, that spoiled 

 her chance to get my order. Poor thing! She knew no better. 

 I know that if you feed so much meat they will do it, but not 

 long; nor will the eggs hatch well. It's like whipping a free 

 horse." 



Mr. Ferrier makes one point which I have not seen brought 

 out. He says : "I know, as any breeder ought to know, that to 

 breed to fawn heads means deterioration. Sow-headed boars are 

 no good; any old farmer knows that. A cow with a male head 

 is never a good cow. Sex should always be distinctive. A drake 

 that looks like a duck cannot be and is not as good a bird as one 

 that shows his sex in color markings and movements." 



Speaking of the Walton Cumberland stock, he says : "They 

 don't mature quite so quick, but will weigh better for market, es- 

 pecially the drakes. I do like the drakes— I have one 33 inches 

 long. I like the long bodies and general shape. When my son 

 gets out of the navy, we propose to keep 2000 layers. He is an 

 expert and likes ducks, but I felt he was too young to settle 

 down, so he went in the navy. He was home the other day, and 

 said he liked it, but I was taking off a hatch and he said they 

 made him homesick. There is nothing so pretty as a nice bunch 

 of baby Runners — nothing ! I feel we are all in the kindergarten 

 class yet. These birds have a great future. Exaggeration and 

 the exploiters may check their progress some, but cannot stop 

 them." 



Wm. H. Hammond, Mass., tells of experiences of himself 

 and a neighbor to whom he gave a sitting of eggs. The neighbor 

 had a duck beginning to lay August 18, laying 127 eggs before 

 severest weather, 70 of them in 70 days. With her, later were- 



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