The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-07-05
FARMERS COLUMN.
CAEE OF NnV>G DUCKS.


many OF our readers "ho nave never
before raised ducks are gong "a 90
% this sN~tng, - y Vas shown IN
recent article that ducks coult ."
Iryu.eE.s "a Il EASILY raised "iShoa'
aec,ss 10 stream or pond Of water
tor swimming purposes, - give our
~NF"rrHer3h caring Tor young ouoh~.
Ducks tad best not oe taken lF"t"
tht hr,. auut they are l"ent!-I"uI
hours old. hey may then De Pul
Ia blocks OF t"eui! or twenty-five III
:. grassy pen from twelve 70 III ten
ieet square auo about '"' iee' NJ =
"u" ABOUT "A'F-I-At q lht "o'l''l'
- . young dues tan 81 "''~- 'l-fo"- -
almost dat ofeat4-' no i"'-.'I "o"
small. he pen su"uI@ 'r he'"b'y'
ana oe lfsl AeAliE CL-sh-,-"' = i
VIII soon '11, M INV y su""'"
also ~ prov ,o'u WIN 4 -" sue" u
'oA Win H"oI III L i"' d 'o'S''''
P'"''' II " l''' "i ''">''f s''' eli -
SH0'I'>N'i' 81 "''Ns S''A'L-' ''''',
"4l' ',''' -'"i'''.' n '"',o'' '-'''.' /,
20 '-'' 8" ~ i''' "'P - 8 81!
frame al Two or ,nIrr !"'u'' i'='' - y
VII S"S '''.'' an" 1''7 man
val III pace I"L TIE :" .'. n ''i'=2 -
l''e. .u"5I anu - ''.'S' Il. ''' II : ~
lnt' " - " = "ll' "-'''',' II : - 10 :
~ oll.' a. ne 'l''f "S' '"' Ia "a
I'' ''si -, - - i'''I ''''''l' i'''ee 49,
'li'? III '' ~ "e's,' I'm am .''''s \" -"
a" "H usually t"I'' "rn' loi many
mems o1'oIie "eI ouS d ,"e noISe
an" ohI'i'"ou7 ho'ion u o"cAllh9S'
ana losing 'heii headS' lf@'nPIe the
il'I { 'hi"2S 10 "vath, "hiIe th" cio'h
'I Il, J"9' "eScI oTo. never n"' ais
Iheli' unigSS' indeed II DC mace 700
warn nat, 81 course must Dc re-
9uIateu according 10 the weather IL
mus also be well aired daily, and the
noor cleaned regularly. For the
ilrst two or three days, duckhngs
should be fed on stale wheat bread
molstened. with milh;After this should
come crumbs, table scraps, cook
ed vegetables, cornmeal dough, chop |
ped lettuce, beet leaves, onion tops,
etc.-alI chopped, OF course, as a
duckllng Is endowed with but little |
sense, and will try to swallow any |
thing placed before it, aud if the |
bites are too. large they will choke to
"eath-a victim OF appetite. Yet
,,an~ ,m ,,',u T L";n,,, '"S,n' "en :"
IreajfnI Ioa,b - ~ na eon'e - 49,.
.tra;nad ornati4a 1I;i1- s;tt ~ e,I--,
or Sonr - FooJ for daal'. o ol.II .o,,,
,,raroI sbo,,Id oI.o - a,,I;-I
7'har, n,,1+ aaror 10 a,I">n,i "t'"I"
r;t bon+ snn orIr &c o 1870 'DI;" - .
as tbeir tb;rstt f3 ,n.at;a+a asd &c "at
~nencbad vii soon - ''l' d T. 10
Thev never Scam 70 6,.o,, and ~,;m
90 TO the drinkling watch many, an +;,'as
durino the night Afr +her aro
three or fonr woeL old all ranata
HE rafnsa from, IN. L.;tnha,, ,,a, b.
o;van rham 4 dnnL ;rnn aa;ouna
o,J Vii an.oj;I,. IN ~ ~ NP.I'1''
that COMES n-;4bf" o r"aot q" Ms ,Thns
would - sao,, n;n IF ~, b',,5ll
at Hnuors ~ obd;o ~ ro ~. ,,II Us0A
NOT hn+ thara,a aa s''Dle q"
two-foot fenca Les,;na ova,, - go ~
p,kin mr. ponon dnnl, r;+bin hon,d.
-this ! no sar;on. 80 L II unt'
-7 '''''N' ''i'
age
Until ducks are feathefed out they |
are very susceptible to dampness,
ana tor TINS reason must be kept out
OF the dew and ram, and should not |
be allowed access to stream of wa
ter tor swim. The only cause of
mortality among ducklings-if plen- |
tY OF drinking water Is at all times
SuppIled-ls cramps, resulting from
dampness' and # this be guarded
against by keeping their quarters