Ibt  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
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r _  J.  Must  be  experienced  milkers  and 
rarinnanilS  wantea  teamsters.  Dutchess  Employ- 
meat  Office,  368  Main  St.,  Poughkeepsie.  N.  Y. 
Subscribers’  Exchange 
( Continued  from  pages  533-535 ) 
HONEY — Extracted  clover-basswood,  60-lb.  can 
at  our  station,  $7.80;  buckwheat,  $6.30;  10 
lbs.,  delivered  in  third  postal  zone,  $2.05;  buck¬ 
wheat,  $1.80.  HAY  O.  WILCOX,  Odessa,  N.  Y. 
HONEY — Pure  extracted,  6  lbs.,  $1.25,  prepaid 
3d  zone.  WILLIAM  H.  PARSIL,  Monmouth 
Junction,  N.  J. 
HONEY — Finest  quality;  clover,  5  lbs.,  $1.10; 
10  lbs.,  $2;  buckwheat,  $1  and  $1.75;  post¬ 
paid.  M.  BALLARD,  North  Branch,  N.  Y. 
HONEY — Finest  clover-basswood  or  buckwheat, 
10  lbs.,  $1.75;  5  lbs.,  $1;  delivered  third  zone. 
8.  S.  STRATTON,  Newark  Valley,  N.  Y. 
HONEY  —  Onondaga  County  fine  extracted; 
clover,  5  lbs.,  $1.15;  10  lbs,,  $2;  buckwheat, 
3c  per  lb.  less;  postpaid;  try  a  pail;  you  will 
want  another;  member  Farm  Bureau.  RAN¬ 
SOM  FARM,  1310  Spring  Street,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
PC  RE  delicious  Vermont  maple  syrup,  $2.50  per 
gallon:  extra  fancy,  $3;  sugar  in  5  and  10-lb. 
pails,  40c  per  pound.  W.  H.  WARREN,  North 
Pomfret,  Vt. 
HAY  FOR  SALE — First  and  second  cutting 
Alfalfa,  also  light  and  heavy  clover  mixed; 
can  give  quick  shipments.  SAMUEL  DEUEL, 
Pine  Plains,  N.  Y. 
SLEEP  on  an  Adirondack  balsam  pillow;  picked 
fresh;  flowered  cretonne  cover;  refreshing,  in¬ 
vigorating  and  soothing;  3-lb.  pillow,  $1.25; 
check  with  order.  HANNAH  PAYNE,  No.  2, 
Raquette  Lake,  N.  Y. 
1  OFFER  Alfalfa  in  car  lots  at  a  reasonable 
price.  I.  C.  HAWKINS,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
WANTED — Set  of  military  or  Highland  bag¬ 
pipes.  ADVERTISER  2976,  care  Rural  New- 
Yorker. 
rURE  Vermont  maple  syrup;  1  gal.,  $2.25;  6- 
gal.  crate,  $2  gal. ;  5  and  10-lb.  pail  sugar, 
30e  lb.;  2-oz.  cakes,  37c  lb.,  in  bulk;  1-lb. 
boxes,  40c;  1-lb.  brick  cakes,  30c  lb.  GRAND 
VIEW  SUGAR  ORCHARD,  Jericho,  Vt. 
HONEY — Pure,  extracted,  postpaid  first  three 
zones;  clover,  5  lbs.,  $1.25;  10  lbs.,  $2.15; 
buckwheat,  5  lbs.,  $1;  10  lbs.,  $1.80;  satisfac¬ 
tion  guaranteed.  WALNUT  ORCHARD  FARM, 
Ithaca,  N.  Y. 
ALFALFA  HAY — Several  cars  choice  second 
cutting  Alfalfa  for  sale.  E.  J.  STREIT,  745 
William  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
FOR  SALE  —  Fireless  brooder;  keeps  chicks 
warm  in  zero  weather;  inexpensive.  Write 
Information,  BOX  23,  Naugatuck,  Conn. 
FOR  SALE — Pure  delicious  Vermont  maple 
syrup,  $2.25  gal.;  6  gals.,  $2  gal.;  10-lb.  can 
sugar,  $2.50;  5-lb.  box  2-oz.  cakes,  $2;  cash 
with  order;  satisfaction  guaranteed.  BERT 
rRESCOTT,  Essex  Junction,  Vt. 
FOR  SALE — Pure  extracted  clover  honey,  5-11). 
pails,  $1.25;  10  lbs.,  $2.20;  delivered  into  3d 
zone.  HARRY  J.  BOREMAN,  Box  87,  Katonah, 
N.  Y. 
FOR  SALE  —  Avery  22x32  separator,  self- 
feeder,  wind  stacker,  and  clover  hulling  at¬ 
tachment;  one  8-16,  one  12-25  Avery  tractor; 
all  in  good  running  order.  W.  L.  AUSTIN, 
R.  D.  No.  2,  Mosgrove,  Pa. 
FOR  SALE — Cheap;  Cleveland  tractor;  used  two 
seasons;  perfect  condition.  CARL  STURM, 
Allegany,  N.  Y. 
WANTED — Low-priced  used  Moline  tractor.  L. 
F.  CROWELL,  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y. 
FOR  SALE — Pure  Vermont  maple  syrup;  first 
run;  quart,  65c;  half  gallon,  $1.20;  gallon, 
$2.25;  later  runs,  quart,  60c;  half  gallon,  $1.10; 
gallon,  $2.  D.  B.  HATCH,  Oakland  Farm, 
Route  No.  2,  Woodstock,  Vt. 
WANTED— Potato  planter.  C.  FRANK  COL¬ 
LEY,  R.  5,  Woodford,  Me. 
HUBER  Light  F'our  12-25  tractor;  will  sell 
cheap  or  exchange  for  smaller  tractor  or  en¬ 
gine.  H.  VAN  KUREN,  Rummerfield,  Pa. 
TIMBER  FOR  SALE  —  Fourteen  million  feet 
first  growth  beech,  birch  and  maple.  JAY  B. 
COLE,  Williamstown,  Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y. 
CHOICE  new  Vermont  maple  syrup  in  1-gal. 
cans,  $2.25;  in  1,4 -gal.  cans,  $1.25;  choice  new 
Vermont  maple  sugar  in  5  and  10-lb.  pails,  28c 
per  lb. ;  remit  with  order,  f.  o.  b.  Rupert,  Vt. 
JAY  T.  SMITH. 
INCUBATORS— 3200-egg  Wishbone;  1200-egg 
Candee;  perfect  condition.  SHERMAN  HAMM, 
Supt.,  Copper  Beech  Farm,  Peekskill,  N.  Y. ; 
telephone  766  J  1,  Peekskill. 
FOR  SALE — New  universal  tractor.  Model  D, 
complete  with  starter  and  spot  light,  at  fac¬ 
tory  cost;  also  one  Avery  5-10  motor  cultivator, 
used  only  for  demonstration,  at  less  than  cost; 
not  suited  to  our  conditions.  Address  ADVER¬ 
TISER  3027,  care  Rural  New-Yorker. 
HONEY — Finest  quality  extracted  clover-bass¬ 
wood,  5  lbs.,  $1.20;  10  lbs.,  $2.05;  buckwheat, 
$1  and  $1.80;  postpaid  within  tnird  zone;  60-lb. 
can  buckwheat,  $6  here.  H.  F.  WILLIAMS, 
Romulus,  N.  Y. 
FOR  SALE — White  clover  extracted  honey;  10- 
lb.  pails  only;  price  $2.15,  delivered  to  third 
postal  zone.  NOAH  BORDNER,  Holgate,  O. 
LET  US  BOOK  your  orders  for  pure  Vermont 
maple  syrup;  $2  per  gallon;  sugar,  $2.50  per 
10-lb.  pail.  ROBERT  OLIVER,  Craiglea  Farm, 
South  Ryegate,  Vt. 
WANTED— Fordson  tractor  plow  and  harrow. 
ADVERTISER  3037,  care  Rural  New-Yorker. 
PURE  MAPLE  SYRUP — $2  per  gallon;  over  10 
gallons  at-  $1.90;  cash  with  order.  GEORGE 
L.  MARVIN,  Andover,  O. 
PURE  maple  syrup  and  sugar — Syrup,  $2  per 
gallon;  sugar,  $2.50  per  10-lb.  pail;  cash  with 
order.  GEORGE  B.  FULTON,  Irasburg,  Vt. 
PURE  maple  syrup;  single  gallon.  $2.40;  soft 
sugar,  expressly  done  for  sandwiches,  10-lb. 
can,  $3;  6  gallons  syrup,  $13.50;  cash  with 
order  or  C.  0.  D.  and  charges;  10  lbs.  shelled 
popcorn,  $1;  if  not  satisfied,  return  and  your 
money  will  be  refunded.  0.  H.  JACKSON, 
Westford,  Vt. 
FOR  SALE  —  Two  cars  green  second  cutting 
Alfalfa.  B.  R.  HALL  &  SONS,  Camillus, 
N.  Y. 
POPCORN  —  "Mammoth”  (shelled),  25  lbs., 
$2.40;  8  lbs.,  $1;  prepaid  third  zone;  candy 
formulas  free.  M.  T.  ACRES,  Thompson,  O. 
The  Henyard 
Raising  Ducks  for  Market 
The  business  of  raising  ducks  for  mar¬ 
ket  and  breeding  purposes  has  been 
found  very  interesting  and  profitable 
upon  many  farms,  some  people  making  a 
notable  success  of  the  duck  business 
even  after  failing  with  chickens.  Pekin 
ducks  may  be  compared  with  White  Leg¬ 
horn  fowls  when  it  comes  to  popularity 
for  commercial  purposes,  as  the  Pekin  is 
almost  universally  grown  for  market  by 
the  most  successful  duck  farmers.  Their 
advantages  are  attractive  appearance, 
large  size  and  quick  growth,  fattening 
readily  at  about  nine  weeks  of  age,  at 
which  time  they  are  usually  marketed. 
The  most  successful  duck  farms  in  this 
part  of  the  country  are  found  on  Long 
Island.  Long  Island  ducks  have  made  a 
great  reputation  for  themselves  on  the 
New  York  market,  and  the  fact  that  they 
have  been  produced  for  many  years  iu 
large  numbers  by  these  organized  breed¬ 
ers  who  are  so  favorably  located  near 
New  York  City  speaks  very  favorably  for 
the  financial  returns  which  have  been 
and  are  being  realized  from  the  business. 
Duck  eggs  are  sold  for  eating  pur¬ 
poses  to  some  extent,  but  they  are  mostly 
used  for  hatching.  They  are  usually 
hatched  in  incubators  the  same  as  hens’ 
eggs,  except  that  it  takes  28  days  to 
hatch  a  duck’s  eggs  instead  of  21  days, 
and  a  little  less  heat  and  more  moisture 
is  used  for  duck  eggs  during  the  process 
of  incubation,  especially  at  hatching 
time. 
The  young  ducklings  are  very  easily 
raised  when  the  essential  requirements 
for  their  care  are  complied  with.  Unlike 
chickens,  ducklings  are  usually  raised  in 
brooders  having  top  heat  only,  and  as 
20  minutes.  The  following  day  you  feed 
at  daylight,  10  a.  m.,  1  p.  m.,  and  an 
hour  before  dark,  giving  them  fresh  water 
before  each  meal.  Never  feed  them  first 
and  water  after,  as  you  will  lose  duck¬ 
lings  by  this  practice.  Healthy  duck¬ 
lings  are  very  greedy,  and  great  care 
must  be  exercised  not  to  overfeed.  They 
should  have  all  they  will  eat  up  clean, 
but  under  no  circumstances  do  we  per¬ 
mit  any  feed  to  be  left  after  eating.  The 
boards  or  troughs  are  promptly  cleaned 
as  soon  as  the  ducklings  have  satisfied 
their  appetites.  My  experience  in  feed¬ 
ing  ducks  indicates  the  best  policy  is  to 
feed  very  lightly  the  first  two  feeds  of 
the  day,  a  little  heavier  the  third,  and 
all  they  can  possibly  eat  at  the  night  meal. 
The  nursery  food  is  continued  four  times 
a  day  until  the  ducklings  are  five  days 
old,  when  they  are  gradually  changed  to 
a  growing  mash.  It  is  a  great  mistake  to 
make  any  sudden  change  of  food  for 
either  ducklings  or  chickens,  so  we  take 
three  or  four  days,  gradually  making  the 
complete  change.  This  growing  feed 
consists  of  the  following  ingredients: 
Six  qfs.  wheat  bran,  2  qtS  cornmeal,  2 
qts.  wheat  middlings,  1  qt.  low-grade 
flour,  5  qts.  fine. cut  green  Dwarf  Essex 
rape  or  clover,  1  qt.  beef  scrap  and  1  pt. 
grit,  ground  oyster  shell  and  river  sand 
which  has  been  mixed  in  equal  parts. 
Be  sure  the  sand  is  sifted  if  it  contains 
any  large  gravel  stones  which  may  clog 
the  digestive  organs  entirely.  We  have 
found  this  to  be  an  excellent  growing 
food,  after  trying  many  formulae.  It  is 
mixed  quite  moist  with  water  and  fed 
four  times  a  day.  When  the  ducklings 
are  about  six  weeks  old  the  mixture  is 
gradually  changed  to  a  fattening  ration, 
which  is  composed  of  4  qts.  cornmeal,  2 
Tireedhui  Pen  of  Pekin  Ducks 
ducks  are  flatter  on  their  legs  they  take 
up  more  room.  About  two-thirds  as  many 
ducklings  as  chicks  should  be  placed  in  a 
brooder.  The  brooders  are  a  continuous 
hot-water  pipe  system  with  two  flow 
and  two  return  1^4-in.  pipes  arranged 
about  0  in.  apart  and  10  in.  from  the 
floor.  These  are  boxed  in  with  a  tight 
board  platform  over  the  top  and  half 
way  down  the  sides,  and  movable  boards 
for  the  lower  half  of  the  sides.  The  duck 
pens  are  4  ft.  wide  and  8  ft.  long,  with 
alley  running  the  entire  length  of  the 
house  in  the  rear.  The  brooders  are  ar¬ 
ranged  so  there  is  4  ft.  between  the  edge 
of  the  brooder  and  the  front  of  the  house 
and  2  ft.  from  the  other  edge  of  brooder 
to  alley.  At  first  a  loose  board  is  set  in 
to  close  the  opposite  side  of  the  brooder 
from  the  alley,  leaving  the  young  ducks 
the  2  ft.  space  between  the  brooder  and 
alley  for  feeding  and  watering.  The 
brooder  is  heated  up  to  00°  F.,  and  an 
abundance  of  good  dry  shavings  or  short 
straw  is  placed  on  the  floor  for  bed¬ 
ding.  This  bedding  is  4  or  5  in.  deep 
under  the  brooder  pipes  at  first  to  keep 
the  ducklings  up  near  the  heat  while 
young.  This  is  gradually  lessened  as  the 
ducklings  grow,  so  as  to  allow  them 
plenty  of  room.  As  soon  as  the  ducklings 
are  dried  off  properly  after  hatching, 
bring  them  to  the  brooder  and  dip  the 
bill  of  each  duckling  into  a  pail  of  luke¬ 
warm  water  as  you  place  them  in  the 
brooder.  It  is  not  necessary  to  feed  the 
ducklings  the  first  day  they  are  in  the 
brooder,  except  to  provide  good  clean, 
coarse  sand  on  a  board  about  3  ft.  long 
and  I  ft.  wide,  with  plaster  lath  nailed 
around  the  edges.  One  or  two  founts  are 
filled  with  water,  and  the  brooder  tem¬ 
perature  maintained  at  90  degrees.  No 
further  attention  is  necessary,  except  to 
see  that  they  do  not  c-ome  out  and  get 
chilled.  They  can  eat  sand  and  drink 
water  if  they  wish,  but  no  harm  is  done 
if  they  do  neither. 
At  9  or  10  o’clock  the  next  morning 
feed  a  mixture  of  boiled  eggs  ground  fine 
in  a  meat  chopper  and  mixed  with  oat¬ 
meal  until  you  have  a  crumbly  mash. 
This  feed  is  placed  on  the  board  with  the 
sand.  A  very  little  should  be  fed  at  first, 
and  it  should  remain  about  three  hours, 
to  teach  them  all  where  to  find  their 
food  and  to  eat  it.  If  they  should  eat  it 
all  up  in  three  hours  and  act  hungry, 
you  could  give  them  another  small  feed 
at  that  time,  but  great  care  should  he 
taken  not  to  stall  the  ducklings  at  the 
start.  After  2  o'clock  of  the  second  day 
they  must  never  have  feed  lying  continu¬ 
ally  before  them.  About  one  hour  before 
dai-k  they  get  their  last  feed  for  the  day, 
just  what  they  will  eat  up  clean  in  15  to 
qts.  low-grade  flour,  1  qt.  wheat  bran,  3 
pts.  beef  scrap,  y2  pt.  grit,  shell  and  sand 
mixture,  and  a  very  little  cut  greens  to 
make  the  food  tasty.  When  the  duck¬ 
lings  are  a  week  old  give  them  the  run 
of  the  whole  pen,  and  gradually  reduce 
the  temperature  of  the  brooder  five  de¬ 
grees  each  week  for  the  first;  three  weeks, 
running  it  at  90  degrees  the  first  week, 
85  degrees  the  second  week  and  80  de¬ 
grees  the  third. 
Great  care  should  be  used  in  keeping 
the  pens  clean,  using  either  cut  straw  or 
shavings.  Be  sure  to  feed  your  birds  all 
they  will  eat  at  night,  as  it  is  impossible 
to  overfeed  them  at  this  time,  as  they 
have  all  night  to  digest  it,  but  if  you  feed 
too  much  during  the  day  they  get 
lazy  and  do  not  take  proper  exercise. 
Ducklings  grown  by  this  method  should 
be  marketed  when  about  nine  weeks  of 
age  and  weigh  about  10  lbs.  per  pair  at 
that  time.  c.  s.  greene. 
Abnormal  Egg 
One  of  my  hens  laid  an  egg,  size  nor¬ 
mal,  while  at  the  larger  end  an  accumula¬ 
tion  of  what  appeared  to  be  dried  albumen 
protruded  through  the  shell.  I  opened 
slowly  by  picking  shell  away  from  pro¬ 
jection.  The  inner  membrane  seemed  to 
be  thicker,  albumen  (white)  appeared 
normal,  but  the  yolk  was  almost  ball 
shape,  with  a  heavy  skin-like  covering,  so 
tough  that  it  could  not  be  pierced  without- 
holding  the  ball-shaped  mase  with  one 
hand  and  cutting  through  (with  effort). 
The  contents  appeared  to  be  a  very  jiale 
yolk,  what,  to  my  mind,  would  compare 
with  a  stale  egg.  Do  you  think  it  possible 
that  this  hen  had  not  been  laying  for  a 
long  period  and  this  yolk  for  some  reason 
became  lodged  in  the  egg  passage,  and 
due  to  poor  condition  of  the  hen  failed 
to  pass  through,  and  gathered  the  coating, 
which  appeared  like  a  rubber  covering? 
New  York.  c.  E.  G. 
The  yolk  of  an  egg  is  enclosed  in  its 
own  membrane,  of  delicate  structure,  and 
outside  of  this  is  the  first  layer  of  albu¬ 
men,  or  white,  with  its  twisted  fibers  that 
form  a  cradle  to  keep  the  yolk  and  its 
germinal  spot  from  being  readily  dis¬ 
placed.  For  some  reason  these  mem¬ 
branes  seem  to  have  become  thickened  and 
toughened  in  the  egg  which  you  broke, 
but  I  do  not  know  why.  There  is  no 
reason  that  I  know  of  to  think  that  this 
was  anything  more  than  a  “freak”  occur¬ 
rence  that  need  not  he  expected  to  happen 
again  or  that  need  to  give  any  concern 
for  the  wholesomeness  of  future  eggs  from 
the  flock.  M.  b.  D. 
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