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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Juno 10, 1022 
ky “The Flozver of the Season’s Chicks” x — 
Worth-while Reductions on Worth-while Chicks 
QUALITY 
Raising Ducks and Geese 
The growing popularity of ducks and 
geese in this country makes it profitable 
for every farm woman to study the sub¬ 
ject of their care if she wishes to make 
the. most from her poultry, uud use to 
the best advantage the food which the 
farm produces. While liens are almost 
an essential, it is well to keep ducks ami 
geese also, for they will use foods which 
the hen overlooks entirely. 
I like to use hens for hatching if pos¬ 
sible, as I have never had good success 
in raising geese after they are hatched 
iu an incubator. If no hens are avail¬ 
able, the eggs may be started in the ma¬ 
chine, then transferred to the hen after 
two or three weeks. On many of the 
large duck farms, artificial methods of 
incubation are used with good success. 
In using n machine for either kind of 
eggs, run about; one degree lower than for 
hen's eggs, 101 Vi to 102‘4 is best. For 
duck eggs, moisture should ho lidded for 
the Inst 10 days. This may he done by 
placing a damp doth or a dish of water 
in the bot tom, of the machine. Goose eggs 
should be soaked in warm water, about 
100 degrees, for about one minute, This 
should he done every second or third day 
after the fifteenth day, and every day for 
about the. last week. 
If hens are to he used, I cut a sod 
about the size of the box, hollow out like 
a nest, then cover with hay or straw. 
Warm water should also he added when 
eggs are set under hens, but the earth 
will hold the moisture much better 
than the hay alone. Some breeders 
say that goose eggs should he turned un¬ 
der hens the same as in an incubator, for 
they are so large the bird cannot manage 
them. Goose eggs will often take five 
weeks to hatch, and I have sometimes 
had duck eggs take about the same time. 
As soon as the little birds are dry, take 
from the nest until all are hatched. If it 
seems best to keep the hens for mothers, 
shut in a coop so the little fellows can¬ 
not wander away, as they will not heed 
the call of the hen. If one prefers to 
raise without a mother, and I usually 
use. that method, fill a jar with warm wa¬ 
ter and set in the middle of a. Imx where 
tile little fellows can crowd about it. 
Cover all warmly. Be sure they are 
warm enough, but not too warm if the 
weather is hot, as they are very tender 
the first few weeks. One can usually tell 
if they are comfortable by tlieir content¬ 
ed coo. If uncomfortable, they will 
scream. 
I.it tie ducks and geese should be fed 
separately, as the ducks eat very rapidly 
and the geese will starve. No feed should 
be given until they are at least 30 hours 
old, and not then if they do not seem in¬ 
clined to eat. 1 like to start the geese on 
bread and mill;, fed live times a day until 
they are at least three weeks old. They 
must also be given green feed, such as 
grass or clover chopped fine, and should 
be given sand at all times. Give plenty 
of clean drinking water, deep enough so 
they can. wash out their eyes, but ar¬ 
ranged so they cannot get wet. If one 
does not wish to feed bread entirely, after 
the first few days a mixture of equal 
parts cornmeal, bran and middlings, 
dampened with milk or buttermilk, can 
bo given. Be careful the feed is not slop¬ 
py. A dry, crumbly state is best. If 
milk is not obtainable, about 5 per cent 
of beef scrap should be added. They are 
very slow and dainty enters, and some¬ 
times will eat nothing but grass. Many 
breeders say that they are seriously hurt, 
however, if they miss a single feed. Per¬ 
sonally I do not quite agree with that, 
hut; know that they must have pasture, 
if kept long on a hoard floor, the little 
legs will spread out and the bird becomes 
lamp, if this does happen, tie the legs 
firmly together, gradually tightening the 
cord as the distance apart becomes less. 
I have never found that they could be 
very well afterward, but the condition 
can be helped somewhat. 
For the ducklings, I like to make n 
johnny cake of equal parts bran, mid¬ 
dlings, cornmeal and ground oats, mois¬ 
tened with buttermilk and the soda nec¬ 
essary to neutralize the acid, then baked 
hard. This should be softened with milk 
or water to a dry, crumbly state, and fed 
five times a day. As T stated before, if 
milk is not obtainable, 5 per cent of beef 
scrap should be added, gradually increas¬ 
ing the amount until it is 15 per cent by 
the end of the third week. They are 
Even after she is let out a shelter should 
lie provided for nights and wet weather. 
It is sometimes necessary to drive her in 
this, for she has absolute confidence in 
her ability to care for them without any 
assistance. 
There is almost no animal which en¬ 
joys her babies more than an old goose, 
and she will care for them long after 
they are feathered and fully grown. Sev¬ 
eral years ago 1 had a goose which laid 
until the last of June, then set and raised 
several fine goslings. 1 also gave, her 
some ducklings, so she bad a family num¬ 
bering about 25. She would take them 
to the fields or wherever the pasture 
seemed best, but was always on hand 
when the chickens were fed. 
Many times when we were visiting in 
the house and had uo idea that she was 
about, we would hear her low “Honk, 
Imnk.” and knew that she was in com- 
plete sympathy with what was being said. 
Her chief delight was in taking them to 
the edge of the road, where every passing 
vehicle Could admire the fluffy babies. 
She certainly believed that, “it pays to 
advertise.” esttier marie iietts. 
Poorly Fed Chicks 
T had 47 Barred Rock chicks hatched 
March 11. They were good strong chicks 
and did well for about 10 days, then they 
commenced to stagger. They kept on 
eating and drinking, hut still grew weaker, 
and after four or five days die. The 
lower hill seems to get soft back near tin* 
throat, and the food dries on the hills, 
while the lower hill lops down. 1 have 
them in a brood coop 4x8 ft. by 15 in. 
deep, with n 10-in. hover in the center, 
and covered with glass, but keep sash 
raised for ventilation, according to the 
weather, keeping thermometer at edge of 
hover oround 00 degrees by kerosene nil 
lamp set under coop. ('OOP stands 2 ft. 
from floor on legs, but in bottom of coop 
there is from 2 to 3 in. of gravel, which 
since they commenced to show this trou¬ 
ble I keep damp by wetting on the ends, 
but leave it dry under and around the 
hover. I fed this flock to start with dry 
hominy (white) for a mash, which was 
kept by them continually. Every day I 
gave them a little boiled rice, well cooked 
and not too thick. I also keep charcoal 
by thorn all the time. J. C. 
Connecticut, 
I suspect that you have kept this flock 
too closely confined to a brooder which 
lias been too warm for a greater part of 
the time; 90 degrees at the edge must 
have meant a pretty warm interior. With 
proper conditions they should have been 
able to stand confinement up to two 
weeks, though an outdoor run should be 
given before the end of that time, if pos¬ 
sible. However, you did not feed a suit¬ 
able ration, whatever other conditions 
might have been unfavorable. Hominy 
and boiled rice alone! Wow! Good for 
fattening a pig, but containing almost 
none of the mineral and other elements 
that a growing chick needs in abund¬ 
ance, Give what you have left; milk, all 
that, they will drink and all of tiie time. 
Milk, milk, milk! And then mix up a 
good chick mash, say two parts of wheat 
loan with one part each of flour mid¬ 
dlings, cornmeal or hominy, ground oats 
(with hulls sifted out for very small 
chicles) and best: meat scrap obtainable. 
Sift out; big chunks from meat scrap and 
give to hens. For scratch grains use 
finely cracked corn, pinhead oatmeal and 
cracked wheat. Mostly corn. Suit size 
of corn and wheat particles to age of 
chicks. You won’t need to crack wheat 
long, and can get along without it if 
need he. Feed all stuff, except the milk, 
dry. Give the clliclw sods while they 
must ho confined, (five them a chance 
to get from a warm to a coo! place when 
they like. Give tender green stuff as 
soon as possible ; sprout some outs early. 
And, finally, give these chicks milk— 
sweet, sour, whole, skim or buttermilk; 
buy the whole sweet milk for them for 
a few weeks if you can’t do any better. 
M. B. U. 
A Dclousing Barrel 
Now and then we have questions about 
a dclousing machine for chickens. They 
are built somewhat on the principle of a 
barrel churn, to turn over and over, with 
the chickens inside. The county agent of 
Dodge Co., Wis., describes his experience 
ror Miipmeni, June 10, n, iu, u aiiu lo 
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selected farm-rangs branding stock. Itosauiont chicks will satisfy you, 
P.r 2r. l‘,r r.l) P,r 100 P*r GOO Per 1,000 
White, ltluck. ltrown I.irghorns.. 83.JS6 >11.00 812.00 856.00 8110.00 
Kurrad Kooks, Khodo Island Keds. 3.50 7.00 14.00 07.50 130.00 
White Hocks, Wh. Wyandotte**, Ancona* 4,50 (4.50 17.00 - ’ 
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HAMPTON’S BLACK LEGHORN CHICKS XSS’SfXJS. 
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CIRCULAR PKEE 
A. E. HAMPTON. BOX R PITTSTOWN, N. J. 
YOUNG’S 
DRY FRONT 
Poultry House 
Write for 1922 Booklet. 
Not© tli© features of th© overhang roof, absolutely 
rain proofs also,ventilator above the swinging win¬ 
dow. The above is the type that Prof. Harry R. 
Lewis, head of the Vineland Egg Haying Contest, is 
equipping hif new farm with, at Davisvillo. Rhode 
Island, Mndeinn1lair.es Writo for free booklet, 
allowing forty different ents. 
E. C. YOUNG CO. 16 Depot St„ Randolph, Mass. 
For Sale-Ring Neck Pheasants ai'lhy 
and vigorous stock. J10 por pair. Special quotation 
par hundred. Silver Pheasants. limited number, 
only $10 each. October delivery. Birds pinioned on 
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on all orders. SUPT FAtRACRES ESTATE. Bayport, N. Y. 
RING NECK PHEASANT EGGS 
$3.45 per 15; $20 par 100. Safe delivery. 
BRUSHY NECK PHEASANTRY • Speonk. L. I„ N. Y. 
S. C. BUFF LEGHORNS 
Barred and Whit* Rock, lleda and Mixed 
Chinks. Hr uud up. Special prices on large 
lotH. HatLitaotion guaranteed. 
JACOB NIEMOND, Bar 2. McAlislervillc. Pa. 
D,r r n,| Dftftltc Wlth record as high as SIS eggs. 
Ddl rcll KOCHS chink**, lie oach; Eggs, St per 
ssttiug. null Via IIOMKNIllip Finn, (J.orr.to-n, 
EGGS W HITE R OCKS-CHICKS 
Pedigreed, heavy-laying show strain. Hone bettor. Cir¬ 
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A chalice to got t lie bent at rut prices. Eggs, >1.50-15; 
>0—100. Baby ,'lllx, sail—100. MILLIE RUSSELL, WnSSut,. Co.,a, 
EIGHT-WKS.-OLD PULLETS I^horEI 
June noth delivery, >t .25 eucli. They are large, bile lev. 
range-raised birds from one Of thO best id rains In this 
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Baby Chicks and Eggs 
Single Comb Rhode Island Red* 
40fi Discount lor Delivery After June 1 Oth 
Trap-nested and pedigree bred lot the pul foutlren 
years for high egg production. All are the famous 
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Catalog on request. 
Wist Mansfield Poultry Farm, Box 30 - Attleboro, Mats. 
IX/Vd. Regal-Dorra* stock dlraet. 
Wnite wysnooties Kg K , _ $i.&o—**-ioo 
From A No.-I Heavy laying slock. N HILL, Sanssa fall,,S.T. 
Hummer* c Famous Baby Chicks 
Bar Rook, >15 per 100. Reds. >17. S. C. Brown, >14. 
Anoona, >25, H. C. White Leghorn, >15 ; >186 per I.UOO. 
Prompt delivery. K. 5. IlIJMMKU * 00.,FraaeUtaa, A. t. 
R a | w r’hir'L-c B » rr, ' (1 Rocks, S. C White and 
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Wanted to Buy-100 S. C. 8.1. Red Pullets 
8 to 12 weeks eld, from good laying strain. State Priea 
Georg* K. Kiltig R F. 0. No 1 last Douglas, Mas*. 
Hatching Eggs 
of fma range bird*. Satisfaction 
guaranteed prices right, Onto, 
log free. H. It. rilEKII, ’i'clfurd, Pa, 
S C. Ancona*. Owuland Farm's "UltraQua." aggbrnd 
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Baby Chicks 
Kulp Strain a. C. Whlta Leghorn* 
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Bob White, Hungarian Partridges 
Wild Turkeys, Pheasants,Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
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Big tuile of breeders. Young bens, >*; 
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White Rocks or R. I. Neds. 4 SO 8 75 17 00 
Wh Wyandotte:. Minorca*, Anconas B 25 11 75 23 00 
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Ringneck Pheasant Egg's 
15 for $3.00; $18.00 per 100 
Great Dane Puppies 
Males $25.00; Femnlc $20.00 
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The Henyard 
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a, A. bOLIUUK . Bellorsvillo, Pit. 
ravenous eaters, and will do tnueli better 
OtJ free r.'iuge, for ducks cm COUPtleSN 
1>ugs and flies in a day. Aside from feed¬ 
ing time the ducks nnd geese Ciut run to¬ 
gether, ns they require the snme care. 
Ducks should have plenty of clean ■water, 
but either ducks or geese will contract 
cramps if allowed to become wet or cold. 
They do not require as much heat as 
chicks, but must he kept from cold and 
indigestion. I have never had any suc¬ 
cess in raising them after lliey became 
thoroughly chilled or hail contracted bow¬ 
el trouble. 
An old goose wrll make a splendid 
mother for ducks and geese, but should 
not be allowed to sit: on duck eggs as she 
will crush them. She seems to know just 
what they need in the way of food, and 
is always on guard. I usually shut her 
in a coop for a day or two until their 
legs are strong enough so they can follow 
her; then she muy havo Iree range. 
as follows: 
I put the head hack into a good strong 
sugar barrel, cut a bole in the side about 
8 in. square, covered the hole with cloth, 
with a drawstring in the outer edge so 
same could bo closed. I then bored ft 
hole in the center ot both Insula of the 
barrel, ran an iron rod through and 
mounted it on a couple of saw horses. 
Then I put, about % Hi. of goo*Nice pow¬ 
der into the barred. The chicks were 
then put into the barrel in two dozen 
lots, fbo drawstring pulled to close the 
bole and the barrel, with chicks, rotated 
several times. The Ihitttering of the 
chicks when the barrel was rotated blew 
the powder all through their feathers, 
without much waste, and much more 
thoroughly than could have been done by 
band. The treatment seemed severe, but 
the chicks soon recovered from the treat¬ 
ment, and the lice wore no mold. 
