Show Ita raising ising geese A goose is is more easily raised than any ot other h er domestic bestic bird of our experience here is is the simple course we pursue feed the geese kept for breed ersi ers moderately well all winter with a mixture of grain and boiled roots provide a warm warin dry well w ell sheltered place pi ice for sitting and when ti the le goose is 0 on 1 I the nest give her regular regula r daily food p principally r inci pally of cooked vegetables lest she sheild sho id get costive and plenty of fresh clean cle in water when sitting silting a i g gi ose does not eat r drink sa so much as ordinarily ordin I 1 if she inclines to come off the nest let her do so and even let ht her r go to the water and swim and dive to her hearts content she is ifa only taking t a ni necessary cussary ablution and as to the idea that she wl will ill get wet and dull chill the eggs on her return it is is all nonsense who ever saw moisture ael adhere liere to the feathers of a well f d h a thy goose goosek after the go slings are hatched let them run with the goose on gross but be careful that they are aie not exposed to wet atthe the first week of their existence encee after that there is is little danger unless the rain be particularly par ticul irly cold and enduring with a sin sall M allowance allow ince of blied vegetables mush or oits oats alie flock will do wel we 1 the first fortnight after that they will ft ill subsist a entirely on gi glass ass ano and in in the water inthe in the fall feed well with ith boiled vegetables and grain and they will soon be sufficiently fattened for the market in or order d er to guard against rats minks weasels and other the goslinga goslings go gob slings lings should be penned every night till nearly half grown within a tight board or iron iron wire fence the latter is is much the best besl about three fee thigh re be particularly cartful there is is no hole under the fence face that a rat or weasel can crawl throng gh gli and the fence must beso be so constructed that they cannot climb over it lain am ag |