Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-04-21
MONEY
In BABY
DUCKS


cold in which case leave her for an
other week Never give ducks intend
ed for eating, the range; it toughens
and prevents them from fattening, but
those intended for stock do best when
allowed plenty of room to roam in af
ter they are six weeks old, to insure
strength and growth. Young ducks
must starve during the first twenty
four hours of their existence, says a
writer in Pearson Magazine for
May.
For the first week their bill of fare
is as follows; Half pint of rolled
oats; cracked wheat or stale bread
crumbs; two hardboiled eggs chopped
fine; half cup of coarse sand mois
tened with scalded milk. Feed four
times a day as much as they will eat
in 10 minutes.
Second and third weeks: Half
pound of ground oats, the same of
wheat bran, quarter of pint of
corn-meal, the same of coarse sand,
two tablespoonfuls Of beef-meal, pint
of finely cut green clover, rye, or cab
bage moistened with scalded milk.
Feed four times day
Four to six weeks: Boil quart Of
hulled oats for an hour, add one pint
of fine grit, the same of beef scraps,
one quart of clover; or any green food.
Feed four times per diem.
Six to ten weeks. One quart corn
meal one pint wheat bran, a pint Of
boiled oats, pint of beef scraps, half
Of grit, tablespoonful of charcoal, pint
of clover. Feed three times day
then they should be ready to kill.
Those to be kept for stock have the
same ratons until three weeks old;
then they are given equal parts of
ground feed and bran moistened with
on free range; If yarded, add half a
cup Of beef scraps, cut clover, or veg
etables to double the quantity of grain.
Young ducks are very nervous and
will not forget scare for weeks. You
can persuade them to go in any direc-
ton if you work slowly and quietly.
Hurry eXcites them, and they will rush
shricking in every direction except the
one you would have them go. Don 7
1 Ial ll.pf IN than, fnr ~ xnFill
put them back from one to two weeks
and waste just that amount of feed.
This. is "A point on which positive and
repeated demonstration enables me to
speak with special authority.
| One summer we had yard of
Youngsters almost ready for market,
when friend came down to spend
Sunday with us, bringing IA young fox
terrier with her, to give him day g
exercise in the country Our own
dogs are taught to take their exercise
in the woods, but Mr.. City Terrier
evidently found it slow. for during
dinner there was n great elamor. On
a poultry and pet stock farm if one
bird or animal sounds the note of
alarm everything joins in, and there
is a conglomeration of pea fowl guinet
fowl hens, ducks, geese and dogs all
shrieking in fright and in different
keys
We laid down our knives and forks,
looked AZ each other in horror, rushed
wildly out to locate the trouble and
were met by Rover, the head of my
four footed police, and piloted TO the
ducks quarters to find the terrier Wis
itor in the pen of the ducklings 10 his
great amusement and their distraction,
Needless TO say that was the end of
his days healthy exercise; he was
securely locked up until It was time TO
20 home. II took all the motherly
days, and il was fully two weeks be.
fore they got back 20 weight. With
the old ducks there is the danger of
their rupturing an egg, which is sure
to cause trouble, perhaps death, or
of breaking a leg, which means killing.
When they have TO be handled 20
weigh or kin small portable yard"
three feet by two and half, made
OF laths and wire netting, is used. IL
has a gate at one end, which is placed
at the gate of their inclosure, and
those wanted are driven slowly into il.
The space being small, il is compare
lively easy 20 capture them. To avoid
alarming the whole farm YOU take
them up bodily and hold their bills,
DO all work of this sort among your
stock as gently as possible, talking 90
them in soothing reassuring way all
the time. Nothing averts SO many ac'
ei1Rnts as aeeusfoUin, ,onr sfaek ~