5 1 6 United States Agricultural Census. 



In an experiment conducted at the Ontario Agricultural 

 College in the summer of 1899 it was 

 Skim Milk for f ound tnat s ], im m iH^ was a valuable and 

 Fattening Ducks. 



cheap food for raising young ducks. 

 Some ducks were separated into two lots, and ferl upon a 

 mixture composed of equal parts of bran, middlings, and 

 corn meal. For Lot I. the mixture was moistened with 

 skim milk, while for the diet of Lot II. boiling water was 

 used. Lot II. also received a small amount of animal meat 

 and cut green bone in their ration. At the end of six weeks 

 all were weighed. The average weight of those in Lot I. 

 was over four pounds each, produced at a cost of if-d. per 

 pound. The average weight of Lot II. was three pounds 

 each, and the cost of production slightly more than Lot I., 

 the cost in both cases representing the feed only, without 

 reckoning the value of the eggs or cost of attendance. Dur- 

 ing the next four weeks both lots were fed alike, and their 

 respective gain was nearly equal, Lot I. having an average 

 weight of 6 J lbs. each, while the others averaged nearly 

 5 \ lbs. ; but during this period it required more food to pro- 

 duce the one pound gained, the cost being about 2|-d. per 

 pound. 



The twelfth Agricultural Census of the United States will 

 be taken on June 1st, 1900, and will col- 

 Agricultural } ec t information relating- to the crops of 

 Census of the , , r 



United States. the preceding year, and the stocks ot 



animals, poultry, and bees existing on 

 June 1st, 1900. The inquiries will be divided into seventy- 

 eight heads, and will comprise the acreage, tenure, and 

 value of the farm, and the acreage, quantity, and value of 

 the various crops ; the quantity and value of dairy products, 

 honey, eggs, wool, cider, wine, sugar, poultry, meat, timber, 

 and of other products ; the number and value of farm 

 animals, of swarms of bees, and of fowls. The number of 

 pure-bred animals, of dairy cows, and the quantity of 

 home-made factory cheese and butter produced will also be 

 separately distinguished. 



