Answer.—In the height of the season, ours weigh about 3 pounds to the dozen.
Question 44.—Is wet, marshy land suitable for ducks?
Answer.—Should prefer dry land contiguous to a stream or pond.
Question 45.—How many duck eggs should be placed under one hen?
Answer.—From nine to eleven, depending upon the size of the hen.
Question 46.—How long does it require to incubate duck eggs?
Answer.—Pekin eggs twenty-seven days. Muscovy eggs thirty-two days, same as geese.
Question 47.—Do Pekin ducks sit well on eggs?
Answer.—No. They are unreliable. Hens are better. A good incubator still better.
Question 48.—If you were a young man, with the same experience you have now, would you enter the poultry business?