Show MAKE SUCCESS WITH GEESE Gos goslinge Goell lingg noe month old are hardiest of fowl grass in n ration Is mort most important after goslings are a month old they are among the hardiest ot of fowl fowls but they are rather delicate at first an aej J have careful attention tho tanin thing Is to to kop kp them warm and dry the first few weeks feeding them a little at a time and often ten eay say four or five time times a day one of the best bent rations on which to start coatings goslings ie Is a mixture of corn meal meat and abort shorts mixed with bread or cracker bruml cru robi hard boiled bolted eggs chopped fine etc it ie Is also a rood good plan to provide some tend z irrahim as a relish right from froin tho the start the goose to essco bially a grazing bird hence crass in its ration Is to quite important at all nil times other grain crain food niong along with meat scrape scraps should be added to tho the ration gradually as tho the goslings grovr grow most people keep coatings goslings in email small movable runs for the first two weeke week so they cant run wild but can bo be moved to fresh ground each day where they can pick grass cross and bugs the j extent of this ranging space can im I 1 gradually increased until the goslings goell nse are a month old then they should bo turned out on free range where they will find lots of pasturage to make rapid growth geese do not have to have water ater to swim in but at the same time thoy get lots of enjoyment from it if a it small stream or pond cannot be pio then it Is quite essential that the fowls have an abundant supply of good drinking water ater which they consume freely after goslings are turned on n pas pan turo ture if the grass Is in good condition it Is not necessary to feed them grain more than twice a day at first and later once a day the first object should be to get as an large a growth of frame fraine as possible let fat come last to build frame fraine requires lots of drafs bugs and worms and grains like oats and buckwheat that are not especially fattening As fall approaches and the grass begins to fall corn should be substituted for one of the other grains us its it Is more fattening starting at least a month before the holiday selling sea eon son the geese we want to sell on market are fed all they will eat of a mixture of corn and oate oats at first and corn com alone later in fitting geese for market it Is hardly possible to make inake them too fat ag extreme fatness has no bad effect upon their table qualities and therefore most people want ant lota lots of it farm life GEESE AND CHICKENS MIXED fowls do not broad very well together supply of clean water Is important geese and chickens do not breed very successfully together As Is well nell known geese like to dig around in the dirt and then wash their faces in 0 every very pall of water that Is placed in the yard for the poultry the geese will soon empty the palls by dipping their heads deeply in the water and throwing it over their weir backs until the palls contain only a few inches of dirty water A steady supply of clean water la Is important for growing chickens so the geese become a nuisance in the enclosure geese will often drive the poultry away from the dry mash hoppers aa As the profit in geese depends on raising them on a cheap ration largely composed of grass it does not pay to feed them much mash during the summer the best beat place for geese Is a it field near a pond this gives the birds plenty of water they do not need a body of water but it saves the tho work of carrying a lot of drinking water if the geese have their own supply fer washing in POULTRY POINTS cull your flocks as many times umes as during the tha year 0 0 0 drafts la in the poultry bouses houses mean colds and colds mean less eggs 0 0 chicks la in the habit of receiving good fresh milk each day are very apt to develop some digestive troubles if old milk milk that la Is beginning to turn Is 19 given them 0 0 0 Ameri americana cams are eating more poultry every year Flar marx may yet find that the hennery department Is among the most profitable start with rith a standard breed rooster and breed up the flock 0 9 0 lack rack of suitable equipment Is one of tho the main maln reasons why mediocre success Is experienced in raising chicks newly hatched chicks should not have ham any ny toed sor ifor 1 hours after hatching and in most cases 4 49 hours la in better 0 0 0 to get eggs in abundance it Is necessary not only to place feed in the hen house but to get it into the hens crop in tho the right proportion for man nian of eggs eg |