In Favor of the Ducks
I An experiment was carried out in France a few years ago to determine the relative value of h<>ns and ducks as egg-producers. Thr°e birds of each sort were selected for tin; trial, and between the first day Of January and the last day of August the thr^e hens laid 257 eggs and the three ducks 402 Moreover in the autumn of the previous year thfi ducks had produced 21 5 eggs aftor rha hens had ceased laying altogether. Of course, one such, experiment does not conclusively decide the relative merits of hens atd ducks, but it shows that the " latter are not to be despised as eggproducers, and they are in many ways Ipss troublesome thon chickens, and are of great use to destroy slugs and '■. snails in a garden, where they will do no harm if young seedlings are j protected with a fiw thorns.
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 37, 9 September 1884, Page 3
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152In Favor of the Ducks Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 37, 9 September 1884, Page 3
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