Index 
A PAGE 
Age to kill breeders.......... 35 
AMMONIA. iva yess es cas wereses 27 
Answers to questions........ 79-87 
B 
Barrels for shipping.......... 65 
Bedding pointers ............ 33 
Beef Scraps << devi cs suteuewies 19 
Blindness: < vs 22 s2dses eases 27 
Bread crumbs: «ssesccasaeces 19, 49 
Breeders, age to kill.......... 35 
Breeders, feeding 31 
Breeders, price of.. 35 
Breeders, selecting ........... 39 
Breeding ssssacce ses tea se oars 35, 37 
Breeding pens............... 28, 20 
Brceding stock, care of....... 28 
Broodcr House .......... 25, 26, = 
Brooders, care of ............ 
Brooding house, heating...... os 
Buildings® gcc oss424 2923 ewsies 13, 25 
Buying CG 8S os 2 cesanecionmas + 22 
Cc 
Care of breeding stock....... 28 
Care of brooders............. SI 
Carrying ducks .............. 30 
Catching ducks .............. 39 
Cellar, incubator ............. 25 
CW aT CO aD socs2, 3. ecb elseaptlhdaconavseiate 23 31 
CIEANLINESS! esses va ckes aces aaaBl, SI 
Cold: HOUSE. wide eanrceroinns 3 56 
Cold weather ................ 34 
Color of skin ..s.ss4sase00su8 61 
COP, Waaee cae sed Nek bedeanon ea 31 
COrneinial, eyo asda eaedenwarncaee « 19 
Cost of equipment ........... 14 
Cost of feed................. 18, 19 
Cost of producing........... 18, 24 
Curing feathers .............. 71 
D 
Division of labor............. 9 
Down, separating............. 73 
Drinking water............... 49 
Drying voungest ducklings.... 47 
Ducklings, cost of raising..... 18 
Ducklings, handling .......... 25 
Ducklings, newly hatched ..... 47 
Ducklings, picking ........... 67 
Ducklings, profit on..........14, 18 
Ducklings, shipping alive...... 69 
Duck-raising in North........ 25 
Duck-raising in South........ 25 
Ducks as fertilizers........... 17 
Ducks as gleaners............ 24 
Ducks, handling .............. 39 
Ducks, kinds ..............0.. 23 
Ducks, markets for...........35, 37 
Ducks, puddle ................ 7 
Ducks, scalded ............... 69 
Ducks, scarcity of good....... 78 
Ducks, shipping .............. 20 
Direkes Wald enh bos a soresonvanernier’s 78 
Ducks without water.........17, 23 
E PAGE 
Egg record............0eeeees 15 
Beg; setting: sivcscerevireeaees 2l 
Bee téstenis.s iss amsamsvesees 45 
EGOS) a3.8 sat eEGeeee ey ae ee 41 
EG gS, BUYING oo cececesd het AS 22 
Eggs, flavor of ............005 41 
Eggs, hatching .............. 21, 47 
Eggs, infertile ............ 21, 41, 45 
Eggs, inincubator ............ 43 
Eggs, laid at night............ 41 
Eggs, laid in water............ 23 
SES, SOMO ots cccceueie eects a inesen 24 
Eggs, sorting .........ce ee eeee 43 
Eggs, starting with ........... 20 
_Eggs, testing ................45, 47 
Bogs turning cstesvetereaeesa 43 
Eggs, washing ................ 41 
Employees ..........-...0005 9 
Equipment, cost of........... 15 
Express charges.............. 67 
Expressing ducks............. 20 
EF 
WatteniiS: voccss vars vers st 57 
Fattening sheds............... 57 
Cathets 2.30 65 casamaincedewie ws 18 
Feathers, curing .............. 71 
Feathers, sale of.............. 13 
Feathers, shipping ............ 71 
Feathers, value of............. 71 
TROCE? acces ives hosed wieinn's ina kG ys 18 
Reed, firsts s2¢244cepasnaesanea% 49 
Feed measure..............00. 31 
Feeding at night.............. 59 
Feeding before killing ........ 70 
Feeding breeders ............. 31 
Feeding ducklings ............ 51 
Feeding hours ............... 51,55 
HOHCING i.cs.avcaetewacn exter 29 
Fertility, improving........... 11 
Fertility record............... 15 
Finding a market............. 76 
First’ feed << .ss2«sowsay educa ave 49 
Flooded market............... 77 
Flour, low grade............. 19 
Food boards................, 29, 51 
Food, distributing. ............ 57 
Food mixer...............000- 13 
Food troughs................. 50 
French feeding................ 61 
HrOSH. BUG cos acdewcaiadua'ed oecs ee wens 27 
G 
Grass range..........ceee cues 34 
Green food.............0.005 19, 33 
Grit eee sy.s oes wkd es boot 19, 55 
H 
Hatching eggs............... 17, 21 
Heating brooding house....... 49 
History of Weber family...... 9 
Hot-water pipes............ 49 
Hot weather watering......... 53 
Hours for feeding........... 51, 55 
