Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1919 — DUCKS FOR MARKET [ARTICLE]

DUCKS FOR MARKET

(Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Ducklings to be marketed should be fattened for two weeks before killing on a ration made of three parts, by weight, of cornmeal, two parts of middlings, one part of bran, onehalf part of beef scrap, with three per cent grit and ten per cent green feed added to this mash, or a mash of three parts cornmeal, one part low-grade w’heat flour, one part bran, onefourth part beef scrap with the green feed and grit, and three per cent oyster shell added.. Feed this mash three times daily, giving all the ducklings will clean up in a half hour. The green feed is sometimes left out of the ration during the last seven days of fattening, as it tends to color the meat and ma'y produce a slightly flabby rather than firm flesh; however, it is easier to keep the ducklings in good feeding condition on a mash containing green feed.