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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
April, 19M 
Poultry, Prt anli ICtor ^tork 
itrrrtory 
G. D. TILLEY 
Naturalist 
Beautiful Swan*. Fancy 
Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, 
Storks, Ornamental Ducks and 
Geese. Flamingoes, Game and 
Cage Birds. 
’’Evarything in the bird Une^from a 
Canar> fo an OstricA ' ' 
I am the oldest established and largest exclusive 
dealer in land and water birds in America and have 
on hand the most extensive Slock in the United Stales. 
G. D. TILLEY Box A, Darien, Conn. 
Bob White Quail 
Partridges and Pheasants 
Cranes, S^ru, OrnameDtal Cecsa sad Ducks, FosM, Squlfreli, 
Fenets etc., sad all kinds oi birds and snlmsls. 
WILLIAM J. MACKENSEN, Naturalial 
Dept.C YARDLEY. PA, 
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Before You Plan Your Garden | 
visit the “Garden and Grounds’* floor of the = 
Craftsman Homebuilders’ Exposition (permanent) r 
in the Craftsman Building — just off Fifth Avenue, | 
on 38th and 39th Streets, in the heart of the most H 
famous shopping section of America. Here you = 
will see a complete Lord & Burnham greenhouse, = 
hotbeds and cold frames, — Hodgson portable ^ 
houses, play house and poultry house, charming = 
English garden benches and rose arbors, — a = 
complete Hartmann -Sanders pergola,- - Dodson = 
f Tip bird houses, — miniature models of country houses = 
and grounds, an exhibit of Harmon properties = 
for ideal suburban homes, — Fairbanks- Morse = 
water-supply systems, — and all the garden need- = 
fuls, from seeds and lawn mowers to fences and = 
bay trees. = 
E And while you are here, see the floors devoted to = 
E Building Materials for the New Home S 
= showing Alias cement, Denison hollow tile. “Tapestry Brick” and faience, complete " life-size" fireplaces with E 
= improved appliances, a Van Guilder hollow-wall fire-proof house, metal lath, Rubberoid roofing, Johns- = 
E Manville asbestos shingles, and new sanitary flooring. Z 
E Home Decoration and Model Rooms — 
E showing completely furnished model rooms, decorated with the famous Fabrikona wall covering— with Dutch ^ 
E Boy lead andoils with Sanitas, Allas Flatlan, etc.,— and a working “ Brunswick-Balkc” billiardtoom, Macey E 
E model library, a Model bedroom, reproductions of classic ceilings and mantels. Morgan doors to match any E 
E style of furnishing, and beautiful copper and bronze wares from the leading craft shops, S 
— Home Equipment for Home Comfort S 
E showing a model kitchen and model laundry in operation. Western Electric household helps, Battle Creek ^ 
E electric light baths. Pyrene fire extinguishers. Richardson boilers. Leonard rchigerators, Meilink wall safes, the E 
E unique Rector gas-healing system. Humphrey automatic heaters, -and (on the 5lh floor) the "Eye-Comfort = 
E Lighting Shop," with its beautiful showroom and model rooms showing the new indirect lighting. z 
E And, finally, make yourself at home in the Clubrooms and Rest Rooms for men and women (entirely free to Z 
— visitors) on the 1 1 th floor, and lunch or dine in the Craftsman Restaurant on the lop floor. — one of the show. - 
Z places of New York. Z 
Z **The Homelovers’ Headquarters, In 77>e Shopping Cenfre of America” Z 
I THE CRAFTSMAN HOMEBUILDERS’ EXPOSITION j 
^ CRAFTSMAN BUILDING 
I - [4 | L STREET, EAST OF FIFTH AVE. 
= y NEW YORK T T “ 
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may be said in passing that these eggs may 
he made into an omelette of surpassing 
excellence. 
Recommend ducks to the average nuu. 
ivith a country place and he will say, Oh, 
yef I would like to keep a flock but you 
Le'l have no pond." That i lustrates the 
belief of most people that ducks must have 
water in wliicli to swim. This, of course, 
is not a fact. Large numbers of Indiaii 
Runner ducks are raised yearly which 
never know what it means to kick then 
webbed feet in any deeper water than that 
contained in a pan. Even if they have a 
Dond to swim in, they will spend much of 
their time on the land. They must have 
no lack of water to drink, however, and 
always in a receptacle deep enough to al- 
low them to completely submerge then- 
bills; otherwise their nostrils are likely to 
become clogged with food or mud to the 
end that the birds smother to death. It 
takes four weeks to incubate duck eggs and 
they usually are set under hens, except on 
large plants where incubators are used. It 
is j'ust about as easy to hatch duck eggs 
as hens’ eggs in an incubator, except that 
temperature is rim half a degree lower 
and much more moisture is given. 
Usually it is not worth while to assist 
a chicken which is unable to break out of 
the shell, but experience has shown that 
ducklings given a helping hand at this 
time often develop into just as rugged birds 
as their companions. The membrane of the 
duck egg is extremely tough and the young- 
sters often have great difficulty in breaking 
through it. 
Indian Runner ducks are supposed to be 
non-sitters, but occasionally one of them 
will become broody, make a nest beside a 
tree stump or in some other secluded spot 
and hatch out a fine lot of ducklings. The 
eggs usually run fairly fertile and hatch 
even under neglect. A duck which is sit- 
ting will cover her eggs with down pulled 
from her breast and then leave them, some- 
times for several hours. 
It is by no means a difficult task to raise 
the ducklings, especially after the first few 
weeks. A crumbly mash of bran and corn 
meal with a little beef scrap added after 
the first week will be satisfactory, but only 
enough should be given each time as will 
be eaten up clean. On large plants where 
many ducks are kept in a flock the attend- 
ant often goes around a few minutes after 
he has fed the birds and throws a little 
more mash into the feed pans so that the 
weaker birds which may have been crowd- 
ed away at first will have their share. Four 
or five times a day is not too often to feed 
at first. Sharp sand or fine grit will be 
needed for the ducklings and many growers 
mix it with the mash. Also, there must be 
^ fountain so 
shaped that the ducklings can not climb 
into It. The youngsters are able to swim 
from the day they emerge from their shells, 
but It IS always wise to keep them out of 
the water, even if there is a pond or stream 
close by, until they have their feathers. In 
case of a hard rain the wise breeder drives 
the youngsters under cover. 
Only a small yard is necessary to confine 
the young ducklings, and it may be built 
of boards just high enough so that the 
little birds cannot see over. Any barrier 
that they can look over, they will soon pro- 
ceed to climb over. When a hen is being 
used to mother them, she may be allowed 
to fly in and out as she pleases. The duck- 
lings have little use for her an}'way, except 
as a source of heat, and by the time they 
are large enough to be left alone the old 
