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water and allow their breeders the freedom of it; some allow their 
growing stock intended for market free access to water until they are 
eight weeks old, when they are penned and fattened for market. On 
the other hand, there are raisers who have no water on their farms, 
excepting wells, who are just as successful and raise as many birds as 
those who have the water. The 
only noticeable difference be¬ 
tween u upland” and “ water 
ducks is that the latter are of 
prettier and cleaner plumage 
than the former. 
BREEDING HOUSE. 
KILLING HOUSE. 
wMlRESIDENCE. 
GROWING HOUSE. 
FEED HOUSE. 
BROODER HOUSE. 
INCUBATOR CELLAR. 
XRESIDENCE. 
INCUBATOR CELLAR. 
m 
BREEDING HOUSE. 
Wa 
KILLING HOUSE. 
STARTING A PLANT. 
A duck x>lant should be lo¬ 
cated on a line of railroad in 
direct communication with 
the city markets, and not too 
far from the 
station. Al¬ 
most any lo¬ 
cation will do 
for the plant, 
and worn-out 
land, that can 
be had cheap, 
will do as well 
as the richer'' 
GROWING HOUSE. 
BROODER HOUSE. 
FEED HOUSE. 
BREEDING HOUSE. 
FEED HOUSE. 
fZi 
KILLING HOUSE 
I 
I 
I 
and more fertile land costing sev¬ 
eral times as- much. Sandy sod is 
to be preferred. The buildings 
should be arranged to secure good 
drainage and be convenient to each 
other, that labor may be reduced 
to a minimum. The labor attached 
to raising poultry is an item that 
is overlooked by many, and the 
cost of it often red uces very notably 
the earnings of the plant. 
Every department of the plant 
should be so located as to economize 
the time of the attendants. The incubator cellar should be convenient 
to the brooder house, the brooder house to the growing house and pens, 
and these to the killing house. The feed house should be located con¬ 
veniently to the brooder and growing houses and the breeding pens. 
RESIDENCE. 
M 
INCUBATOR CELLAR. 
Fig 9.—Plans for a duck plant. 
