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JUL 171908 b UUL1I IUUO J VOL. LXIII , ,. . _ __„. WY INDIANAPOLIS, ) pijBI,IC LIBRAE? Y | slLZ-^a^4SWiSs.4SV«,'^^--,"''rj'-'*J" "" "' " JULY 18, 1908. NO. 29 %xvtvizuce __\^i%vtmetit RAISING DUCKS. More Profitable Than Hens. lst Premium.—Ducks are more profitable than chicks, if we raise the right kind and give them the proper kind of feed. Duck raising has developed within ihe last twenty years into a flourishing industry. Prior to this the duck was not considered a profitable fowl to raise. Its flesh was not in general favor, on account of its being obliged to pick up its living as best it could along creeks and marshes, living mostly upon fishes and water insects, and of course this gave its flesh a strong fishy flavor. But ducks will respond very rapidly when handled for a profit. They are very heavy feeders and will grow twice as rapidly as chicks. On account of the duck being without a crop the food passes directly to the gizzard, and consequently the food must be in a soft mushy state. Soft food, together with grass and vegetables and animal food, is their natural diet. Too much hard grain does not agree with these birds, and they will not thrive on it. T> produce best results the food must be such ;ss will be easily assimilated. From time ol hatching to five days old the following mixture is all right: Crackers or bread crnms and corn meal, equal parts; harsl 1 oiled eggs about 15 per cent; sand about •j per cent; mix with water or milk and teed four times a day. From 5 to 20 slays old feed wheat bran two parts, corn meal one part, beef scraps 5 per cent, sand o per cent, green food 10 per cent; mix with water and feed 4 times a day. The hours for feeding ducks are 6 a. in., 10 a. m., 2 p. m., and 6 p. m. The food of the duck is such as to re- <;uire drink while eating. When feeding always replenish the water trough with pure fresh water, as a duck while feeding will take a few mouthfuls then no to the trough for a drink. The amount s)f feed varies as does their growth. The growth should be about one-half pound a week; then as it increases they require an additional quantity of food. Feed each meal what they will eat clean with a relish. It is better they should have not enough than to overfeed them. Houses for ducks are simple affairs; they have no furnishing whatever. A duck is differently constituted from a hen nnd must be cared for under different eon- slitions. The hen needs drier, warmer surroundings. A duck does not mind the cold at all if she can keep her feet warm. (old feet will affect a duck as a frozen comb does a hen, retarding laying and insuring ailments. Again, the duck cannot stand the amount of confinement in a house that a hen can, as she is more restless in disposition. Her ceaseless motion aids the digestive organs and keeps her in good health. There is quite a number of different varieties of ducks. None stands higher in popular esteem on the farm than the White Pekin. They are easily raised uud are considered among the best for table use. They are very large, some leaching as high as 20 pounds per pair. When handled and fed properly ducks :<rc quite profitable. On account of fewer diseases and not getting affected with vermin, they are more easily manned and more profitable than chickens. G. E. Easily Managed. 2d Premium.—I have had several years experience in raising ducks. The first thing to acquire is good breeding stock. I prefer Pekins, as I consider them a hardier breed than some others. Ducks are more profitable than chickens because the mortality is much less among them and they are always free from lice. Also their feathers sell at a good price. The eggs should be set early, so the ducks will be ready for market while they are a good price. When the ducks are hatched I put them in a small inclosure. If hatched at different periods they should be kept separate, for the larger ones will once a day. Once a day I give them a mixed feed of clabber, cheese and meal, of viiiieh they are very fond. In each pan of water I put a little of copperas as a preventive against disease. I keep them in plenty of fresh water, by filling pans often. They never run off, and are happy catching flies the whole day long, making hundreds of trips back and forth. Last year I sold them by the pound. They averaged eight pounds and I received 7 cents pei pound, beating the usual method of selling them as soon as full feathered at 25c per head. R. V. K. No. 640, July 25.—Show the importance ! • T -W 1 . s___M >* i*j 'JS&_____" L 3P* v r ■ ^mmAmlmW ^mw 'w&m^EmSttSmttSm-^*-**'' Wlmf — m. Home of A. J. Logan, Cass County. trample ihe others. When they are about a week old they can be let run at will. 1 keep water in shallow vessels for awhile, but as the ducks get larger I use vessels about five or six inches deep so that they can swim. I feed them ground corn, not meal. I put it in a pan, cover with water, and let the ducks spoon it up. They run after insects and in that way supply their meat food. If the ducks do not have a large place to run in they should be given finely ground meat scraps. When they are about five weeks old they begin to feather. It is very essential that they should havo plenty of water to swim in at this time; When they are feathered they weigh about three pounds. Now is the time to get them ready for market. They should be fed cracked corn and given all they will eat. They are ready for sale at ten wee*ks old. I have not lost any ducks this summer and I have some that are almost ready for market. I have been very successful with this management. J. F. Grow Very Fast. 3d Premium.—I raise the large Pekin ducks and find that they are easily raised and soon grow into money. As soon as they are hatched I place them in a pen by themselves. Here I keep them until a week old, or till able to run around and take care of themselves. I do not keep them with hens, hence they are free from lice. I feed them coarse corn meal, and with a little ginger, a very little salt and some black pepper in feed of attending the County and State Fairs. No. 047, August 1.—Explain why you should have a supply of silage, or vegetables, or other green stuff, for winter feeding of dairy cows. Domestic Science. Professor Latta informs us that Professor Henrietta W. Calvin, for the past five years Head of the Domestic Sicence Department of the Kansas Agricultural College, will succeed Miss Harner as the Head of the Domestic Science Department of Purdue University. Mrs. Calvin, like Miss Harner, is a grad uate of the Kausas Agricultural College. After graduating she took charge of the library of said college. At the end of two years she became Head of the Domestic Science Department of the same institution. Mr. W. E. Blackburn, a member of the Board of Regents of said college, writes: "Mrs. Calvin has excellent educational acquirements, the highest personal character, and great capacity to teach and inspire girls; she is one of the foremost workers in her chosen field in the United States." Professor Dickens, Head of the Department of Horticulture of the same institution says: "Professor Calvin is a forcible speaker and can interest and hold an Institute audience throughout her address. Mr. J. H. Miller, Superintendent of Farmers Institutes and of the Extension Department of the Kansas Agricultural College, writes: "Mrs. Calvin has done a great deal of very faithful and able work in our Farmers' Institutes. I think she is the most popular one of the entire force so far as the people are concerned and everybody likes to hear her. She has lived in the country, is thoroughly familiar with the privations and opportunities and pleasure iu country life, and is a woman of deep sympathy for all who ere trying to make more of life." — Domestic Science at the Farmers' Institutes. — The high character and quality of the instruction at the Farmers ' Institutes given by Mrs. Romine, Miss Miller, and others, have created an interest throughout the state in this work. While the services of these effective workers will uot be available hereafter, it is highly gratifying to be able to announce that Miss Ethel E. Berry, a promising graduate of the Kansas Agricultural College and a Domestic Science pupil of Mrs. Calvin, will discuss Household Economic topics at the Fanners' Institutes in Indiana the coming winter. Value of Tile Drainage. Editor! Indiana Farmer: Millions of acres of good farming land have been tile-drained with great benefit thereto, but there are millions of acres more in the country which will be improved, sooner or later by such treatment. In many sections of the country, the experts of the Department of Agriculture ftate, the farmers are growing fair crops; but they do not realize that with tile drainage they could greatly increase their crops. Soil drainage is a matter, however, which requires some study of the conditions. Systems whieh will perfectly drain some lands and enable their owners to produce maximum crops are entirely inadequate for other soils. The questions of the area of ground to be drained by a tile line and the depth at which the tiles should be laid are oues which each farmer must consider on his own particular farm. A great many experiments have been made by the government and the experiment stations; but these)serve only as a general index, for soils vary and two adjoining farms, or even land in the same farm may require different treatments. But the subject is worth studying. Many lands need drainage which appear to be naturally well- drained and the drainage literature of the Department of Agriculture which will be furnished on application is well worth reading. A well-constructed tile drainage system will last for years and the cost of installation is soon overcome by the increased production of the land. Only recently the Department of Agriculture issued a bulletin describing the use of cement on the farm, in which it was shown that concrete tile drains are a means of reducing the expense of a system of drainage. But withal the ingenious farmer can at little expense manufacture his own pipes out of concrete by utilizing a home-made apparatus. In a Wisconsin Experiment Station test in corn growing on comparatively naturally well-drained soil, the yield was more than doubled by tile draining, lines 70 feet apart, while with lines at 40 feet intervals the yield of both corn and roughage was increased over 300 per cent. G. E. M. The offlee force of the John Deere Plow Company, of Indianapolis, held a delightful picnic at Farview Park (a trolley ride of seven miles from Indianapolis) on Sat- uiday afternoon July llth. About thirty- five in all attended this picnic.
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1908, v. 63, no. 29 (July 18) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA6329 |
Date of Original | 1908 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Title | Page 1 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Digitization Information | Orignal scanned at 300 ppi on a Bookeye 3 scanner using internal software. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
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JUL 171908
b UUL1I IUUO J
VOL. LXIII , ,. . _ __„. WY INDIANAPOLIS,
) pijBI,IC LIBRAE? Y |
slLZ-^a^4SWiSs.4SV«,'^^--,"''rj'-'*J" "" "' "
JULY 18, 1908.
NO. 29
%xvtvizuce __\^i%vtmetit
RAISING DUCKS.
More Profitable Than Hens.
lst Premium.—Ducks are more profitable than chicks, if we raise the right
kind and give them the proper kind of
feed. Duck raising has developed within
ihe last twenty years into a flourishing industry. Prior to this the duck was not
considered a profitable fowl to raise. Its
flesh was not in general favor, on account
of its being obliged to pick up its living as
best it could along creeks and marshes,
living mostly upon fishes and water insects, and of course this gave its flesh a
strong fishy flavor. But ducks will respond very rapidly when handled for a
profit. They are very heavy feeders
and will grow twice as rapidly as chicks.
On account of the duck being without a
crop the food passes directly to the gizzard, and consequently the food must be
in a soft mushy state. Soft food, together with grass and vegetables and animal
food, is their natural diet. Too much
hard grain does not agree with these
birds, and they will not thrive on it. T>
produce best results the food must be such
;ss will be easily assimilated. From time
ol hatching to five days old the following
mixture is all right: Crackers or bread
crnms and corn meal, equal parts; harsl
1 oiled eggs about 15 per cent; sand about
•j per cent; mix with water or milk and
teed four times a day. From 5 to 20
slays old feed wheat bran two parts, corn
meal one part, beef scraps 5 per cent, sand
o per cent, green food 10 per cent; mix
with water and feed 4 times a day. The
hours for feeding ducks are 6 a. in., 10 a.
m., 2 p. m., and 6 p. m.
The food of the duck is such as to re-
<;uire drink while eating. When feeding always replenish the water trough
with pure fresh water, as a duck while
feeding will take a few mouthfuls then
no to the trough for a drink. The amount
s)f feed varies as does their growth. The
growth should be about one-half pound a
week; then as it increases they require
an additional quantity of food. Feed
each meal what they will eat clean with a
relish. It is better they should have not
enough than to overfeed them.
Houses for ducks are simple affairs;
they have no furnishing whatever. A
duck is differently constituted from a hen
nnd must be cared for under different eon-
slitions. The hen needs drier, warmer
surroundings. A duck does not mind the
cold at all if she can keep her feet warm.
(old feet will affect a duck as a frozen
comb does a hen, retarding laying and insuring ailments. Again, the duck cannot stand the amount of confinement in a
house that a hen can, as she is more restless in disposition. Her ceaseless motion aids the digestive organs and keeps
her in good health.
There is quite a number of different varieties of ducks. None stands higher in
popular esteem on the farm than the
White Pekin. They are easily raised
uud are considered among the best for
table use. They are very large, some
leaching as high as 20 pounds per pair.
When handled and fed properly ducks
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