湖北省公安县藕池公社从一九七五年开始发展小群鸭,现在已发展到六十个生产队养小群鸭,共养二万多只。实践证明,养鸭益农,大有可为。去年他们利用鸭子治虫、除草二万多亩,节约农药开支二万多元,积肥一百二十多万斤,交售鸭蛋三十七万多斤,收入二十四万四千多元。 The Dianchi commune in Gong’an County, Hubei Province has been developing small group ducks since 1975. Now it has grown to 60 production teams to raise small groups of ducks, raising a total of more than 20,000. Practice has proved that there is much to be expected from farming and farming. Last year, they used their ducks to treat pests and weeded more than 20,000 mu of land. They saved more than 20,000 yuan in pesticides, accumulated more than 1.2 million kilograms of fat, and sold more than 370,000 kilograms of duck eggs. Their income was more than 244,000 yuan.