60 DUCK DOLLARS 
Meal Time 
Wire netting separates these pens. (It can hardly be seen in the photo- 
graph.) These ducklings are in one of the cold houses and are six weeks old. 
(In another week they will be ready to drive into the large fattening sheds.) 
They are seen getting their food out of the boards with raised edges and 
their water (look closely) from V-shaped watering troughs. It is important to 
set the food and water troughs near each other because the birds run to the 
water after every other mouthful, both to get a drink and to wash their bills. 
In the fall, these yards, as well as the others, are plowed and sown to green 
stuff (winter rye) in order to keep the soil fresh. 
