Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 262, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1918 — Ducks for Meat and Eggs. [ARTICLE]

Ducks for Meat and Eggs.

The Pekin breed is kept almost exclusively by producers of green ducks, and also on many farms where they are grown for meat. They fatten rapidly and may be fed on rations recommended for chickens, but better results are usually secured by feeding more greensand vegetable feeds and a lairger. proportion of mash. For the general farmer who Is more Interested in obtaining eggs than producing meat the Indian Runner is a good breefl. This duck holds the same relative position in the duck family that the Leghorn does in the chicken family. It lays a good-sized white egg considerably larger than a hen’s egg, and is declared to be a small eater, a good forager, and hardy. The introduction. of this breed is helping to build up a trade of first-class duck eggs. These eggs should be marketed frequently, as they depreciate in quality more rapidly than hens’ eggs.