52 DUCK DOLLARS 
Thousands of Youngsters 
This shows how they look on a pleasant day out in the yards of one ot the 
nursery houses. The narrow strips of wire netting which separate the pens cannot 
be seen in the picture, but they are there. Ducklings this age are quite an 
attractive sight. The small sliding doors are always up when the birds are out. 
They were dropped when the picture was taken so as to get all the ducklings in. 
Each pen of the youngsters is handled precisely the same as the next. In the 
fall, the wire netting is rolled up, the wood stakes pulled up and the grouud 
plowed and sown (in our latitude) to winter rye. This sweetens the ground as 
well as furnishing green food. If the birds were allowed to run on the same dirt 
year after year, and make manure upon it, the ground would become tainted, 
affecting both the size and fecundity of the stock. 
