Ducks.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, 3 December 1887, Page 4

Ducks.

Tjherk is often, bajs a poult i} w v i tcr, far more profit to bo made oat ol a ilock of ducks than fiom ths same number ot liens ; they Mill certainly pioduce aj many eggs in the coutse of a year a.-, heni-', ai.d iha egg« arc larger, at d c m-=oquenlly bring a higher pare. fTh-j;, on ht to, hut they don'r, at lea r-br -b in Sew //jakind. — Kd.J Ihey are not troubled with the many dLseabOS which a hen i-. subject to. llcup, choleia, and other disea e^ m> fab il to hens, never trouble ducks ; all they a k for dining the h^vert-si ot weather i^ a diy place to sleep, and a liberal Mipply of com morning; and evening; watei 1-, ceitau.ly appieciatei by them, but it? not a nec\>.->ity. See that they have a liberal supply of diinkingwater, and they will lhii\e and help you to thrive also. The Cayuga Duck ha^> been paitly lo«-fc sight of dining the fn-^'u fuw )cai^, but 1 •\va3 told by a prominent bieuler oi this variety that thoy were fa.^t U'^ainnig their vell-dt-iseived popularity, at.il that he was unable to supply the demand lor bleeding birds, and that many weie imjuhing for eg^rs. It begins to look n^ though this variety will hase a boom in the near fuhue. Do not give a hen nil e thin 11 duck egg?, a< if mo- e i-; j^ivea the;, aie liable to get chilled, and thus eaube a total los*. For tiiope w ho can a/TorJ it, it might piove mote satisfactory to purchase a pair oi two of breeders, but many more find it moie economical to purchase the ei.'g-'.