from the south were there studying the possibihties. Nor is this 

 the first interest the south has shown in this matter. Early 

 in 1911, I received a letter discussing the Indian Runner for 

 the Southern market. A part of it read as follows: — "At the 

 age of five weeks, I haven't a duckling that weighs less than a 

 pound and a half. I never, in all my experience with poultry, 

 saw anything grow Hke an Indian Runner duckhng. My duck- 

 lings are the curiosity of the neighborhood, and I am satisfied 

 that I can dispose of both stock and eggs at good prices just as 

 fast as I can produce them. During the greater part of the 

 winter here the temperature rarely falls below 40 degrees, and 

 anything near zero weather is unheard-of in this country. I 

 can hatch ducks all winter, and by spring will have about all I 

 want for my own use. We have here a city of some 40,000 

 inhabitants, and from what I can learn, there are not a half 

 dozen men within a radius of 300 miles of here that breed the 

 Indian Runner. In addition to that, we have all Mexico south 

 of us, which is rapidly settling up with small farmers. Just 

 the other day I had an inquiry from away below Mexico City. 

 A local supply man had received a request to put him in touch 

 with some one who had Indian Runners and had referred him 

 to me." 



I wrote Park and Pollard, the well-known Boston dealers, 

 who, having both been expert poultry men before going into mar- 

 ket handling, are more than usually likely to know their business. 

 They replied : "We have interviewed various egg dealers in 

 the large market in Boston, and find there is a considerable de- 

 mand all the year around for ducks' eggs. It has been especially 

 good during the later winter and spring, and generally, the sup- 

 ply has not been equal to the demand. The average price for 

 Indian Runner eggs is five cents per dozen less than the top 

 price for hennery eggs. Regarding the Indian Runners as mar- 

 ket ducks, they are not in high favor, as all dealers would prefer 

 a duck that weighs five pounds or more at ten or eleven weeks." 



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