Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-02-04 | Page 8 | Geese Help Cotton Grower Clear Land

Geese Help Cotton I Grower Clear Land Geese as cott n field hands hand sounds unique but Roy Hor Godsey tle field fied d man manof manof of ot tho the Missouri l sate cate board ot of a agriculture I ture tells how they come in handy He lIe says It is a common saying amon among the cotton growers that you vou can tell the number of acres a farmer e will l have In I cotton t the next year vear by tl the number b of ot reese Feese geese around his door in the winter I As soon as the cotton is planted and the grass starts the geese eese are turned Into to the field and d kept th there toc teth te until l the c cotton t plants s shade the ground To raise good cotton it is necessary to keep the tho grass down and the geese will do this They will not damage the crop In the least Because they will not eat the plants After the plants have grown to a a. size that a goose can not steT step over them the entire flock is headed at atone atone atone one end and driven down the middles a goose to tP a middle and they will stay stav on their own row eating the grass until they reach the end From one oneto oneto oneto to two geese an acre will keep the fields in good shape for tor a a l cotton crop