He
complained that they would not go into the water unless he drove
them in and would remain only so long as he stood over them.
Ducks are easier to raise than any other fowl and are freer from
disease. They are ready for market when eight weeks old.
The industry is assuming large proportions, and ranches are now
raising ducks by the tens of thousands and are finding better
markets each year.
In starting any poultry business, it is better to begin with
twenty-five fowls and master details with those, then double the
number as fast as they have been made to return profits.
The Atlantic Squab Company, of Hammonton, N. J., says "it is a
simple matter for the beginner to figure out on paper net profits of
four or five dollars per year from each pair of breeders, but we
doubt if it can be made. It is, however, 'pigeon nature' to lay ten
or eleven times a year, but hardly natural to presume that each and
every egg will ultimately mean a Jumbo squab in the commission man's
hands.
"A loft [that is, a pair] of high-class Homers, properly mated,
should average six pair of squabs per year.
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