Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1890-10-30
RAISING DUCKS


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me~s.
There ls M branch u the paalsry bus
sness TIA. wtil pay q haiter pruat thaa
raising dacks either tor market A.
dackiinga os keeping dnoks fos egrM
until Feeently NO one thaaght u Keep
ia9 nock ~ dacks unleAs they lived -
> stream 90 lake. where The fo9ls eoaiA
have aecess 30 water. and that h why
duel raising ~ In lie infancy to-day.
Nov "a n demonstrated that the h@Nt
web-footed fowl We have. the Pekin
aack. thrives better, grows faster. aud
fAt,sns quicker VITA oaly water enough
tosirink.
James Rankin tells ~ . person te
whom he sold pekia ducks The party
euying them Cor ornament lie had .
large ARTIFICIAL pona near bis house. and
he thought II would amase hls ehildrca
20 $50 the heaatiful white dueks saa-
ming themselves on IA sarfAce. Ne
hnaily wrote NJ. Rankin that those
we're queer water fowls, they had 10 b.
driven In the water and watched closely
10 keep them there. for. said be. "a.
soon a. my back l. turned cut they
eome." Mr.. Rankin advised him 10 try
the common Paddle dusk. aud ha would
have rs much troabie 20 get them out -
be did 81 keen the l'rklns In.
We're we " couapare the raising Of
dacklings for market writes D. W. ANS.
den to the jacksonville (Fla.l Times
lnion. With that u hroiler~. the frst
advantage We note i In the eggs A
ducks egg h more apt 10 b. fertile than
a hens egg. and a larger pr cent ~
them Nill hatch. second. u you raise
dwellings 10 H. week Old. you are al
most sure b. carry them a. maturity,
and they are Just - hArdy the hrst week
a. chickens The eggs are easily tested
lsecaase - the transparent shell. After
three days In the Incubator any one can
t"ll fertile egg. and those not fgrtile
are just a. rosd foe domestic use a. II
they had never beeh put In the ma
chine
Mr. Glongcr gave his experience as
- the cost u raisiag ducklings Ia she
fuultry Keeper rccently he SAYS a.
ducklings weighed u pounds a. eleven
days old, a. eighteen days they weighed
70 pounds, while the cost % feed was
only 80 cents; In even weeks and three
days the - ducks gained laaa pounds.
~ = total cost Tor feed q s4sa. being
= $40 cent. p~r puunl
Nov the price ranges from ~ b 90
oents per pound. depending on the Sra
son they are sent - market In Flnri.
da. fuF the winter months. We would
have no competition from the East for
they have no cgv, 20 hatch from O-to-
b"r 10 February Early -hatrhed ducks
here will lay In November. just the time
- want the eggs 10 hatrh ducklinrs fos
oar tourists. southern Cultivator.
q ssriaas Ia.s
A large number q the farmers
throughout the south have lust their
years supply - meat hy reason u ~.
warm Seather orcurriRg after their hogs
we're ALLIED. u l. usual Coz farmers 70
set apart portion u the hug. fattcd 81
supply the mcAt-hou~e Cor the year
Usually cur fall and early winter gives
seasons ~ cold weather IN Which the
killing and salting may b. safely done.
Tits has hcen a hsd season Cor such
work. and the loss sill Aggregate many
thousands ~ dollars a. w. horne "
farmers, ALREADY hcsst on every haad ~
loS price, damage BY frost nuod etc
Many ~ them have 20 hogs % corn %
repair the loss Nth. and are without
money with Which 10 buy The loss
wiil fall heavily uPsn q large number u
Kentucky and Tennessee farmer.
the Frsi, Crsp IA Daaxss.
Will the fruit crop b. injured by the