The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-07-20
Last Census Showed 2.S17.624
Worth s3.373.se6 IN
This Country.

New fork.-Duek raising ~ con-
cucted successfully both as a side
issue on general farms and as spe-
cial business on u large scale. The
Peking Is the most popular breed for
the production OF meat, and the Indian
Runner Is the most popular for the
productfon OF market eggs The rear
rng Of ducks for market on a large
scale requires extensive capital and
experience. remarks a New York
Times writer. Young ducks forced for
rapid growth and marketed at from
eight TO twelve weeks OF age are
called green ducks They weigh
from four and one-half TO six pounds
each and are the principal source OF
income on commercial duck farms.
According to the census Of 1920"
says Alfred r. Lee OF the United
States Department of Agriculture,
"there were 2,S17.624 ducks in the
United states, valued at S3,373,9e6.
This shows a slight decrease In num-
bers from the census of 1910. indicat-
ing that the production of ducks In
the country as a whole is barely hold
ing its own. The decrease occurred in
the souUern states. but several Of the
states ~ which ducks are raised on
special dpck farms showed an increase
In the number Of ducks kept.
New York Ahead In Duck Raising.
Massachusetts,, California and Colo
,ado showed an increase of about S
per cene New York, which contains
ny far the greatest number Of duck
farms. shovs no change In the num-
Der Of ducks, but as the number raised
on commercial farms has undoubtedly
Increased materially In the last ten
years, a decrease In the number Of
crcks on general farms must have oc-
Cared to Offset this increase on duck
farms.
There are about the same number
a ducks as geese In this country. and
ccly about three-fourths as many
ducks as turkeys. Ducks are most nu-
1erous in the following states. ar
ranged according to their production /:
iowa, Illinois, Pennsylvania. New
York, Missouri. Minnesota. Tennessee,
Ohio, South Dakota. Indiana and Ne
eraska, the number ranging from
z35,0oO head in Iowa to 100000 In Ne
braska.
There are eleven standard breeds
uf ducks which, have been admitted to
the American standard of Perfection.
These breeds may be divided into
three classes: ~ The meat class, In
cludlng the Phking, Aylesbury. Mus
covy, Rouen. Cayuga, Bun and Swed-
,sh; (2) the erg class, represented by
the Indian Runner. and (3) the orna-
mental class, composed of the Call,
the Crested White and the Black East
India. The ducks commonly kept on
many farms in the South and Middle
West are OF rhxed breeding. and are
renerally Of small size poor layers
and undesirable types of market duck.
Except the Muscovy. all our economic
breeds of ducks are said 10 have origi-
mated from the Malard or wild duck.
On Large Scale.
'Duck raising on large scale has
been developed an special business
70 cohsiueihofs eAteht On Long
Island. in sections within easy ship
sing distance cf New York city, Bos-
son and Philadelphia. Intensive duck
farming on large scale has been
more successful than Intensive chicken
raising. as Prklng ducks. especially,
stand confneEh,nt well. are more cas-
lily brooded Ehd are less subject TO
disease than Chickens. Artificial meth
DDS of hatchirS and rearing and labor