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the feeding troughs inside the house. The ducks should be allowed the 
freedom of the outside runs as soon as the weather is suitable. Ducks 
like a life in the outer world, and they will grow more rapidly there than 
when they are confined to the house. 
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growing houses. It is here that they are pushed for the market until 
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they are 10 weeks old, when they are salable. There is no heat in the 
growing houses, which are used only as a means of shelter during the 
early spring months. When the weather is well advanced, the ducks 
