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Show 1 FARM 1 POULTRY B CHRISTMAS BEST FOR GEESE H These Fowls Require Little Care anrf HJ Attention Compared With BH Returns They Bring. HH (Prepared by th United Bttlet DprtraM HJ Roast gooso and apple sauco 1 H Clirlstnms In ninny homes Is In- Ha complete without thcin, nnd for that HJ renson tho bent season In which to HJj market tho gooso Is the latter part HJ of December, nltliough there Is a Urn- Hi lied demand iftt tho year, BJBj Goose raisins Is not so extensively Hb engaged In ti3 duck raising, tho con- Hb dltlons under which they can be sue- HB ecssfully raised being almost entirely HH different from those necessary for euc- HI cessful duck raising. Tho duck, lie- EH Ing smaller, can bo raised In n more HBjj llmtlod space thnn enn the goose, the HH latter needing free range nnd wntcr, HV while the former has been proved to HH do well without water. HB While tho gooso caiinot profitably HR le raised In as largo numbers as the H duck, still It cannot Justly be termed HJ unprofitable. There arc many places H on a farm that are worthless for cut' HH tlrntlon that could bo utilized with er HH (.-client results far goose raising HH Fields that lmvo streams, branches, or HH unused springs on them could be HH turned to good advantage by making HH thcin Into gooso pastures. A gooso on HB rango will gibber tho largest portion HHj of Its food, consisting of grasses, In- HHj sects, and other animal and vegetable HH matter to bo found In tho fields nno HB brooks. HH Young geese nra fattened by placing H them In a pen, not too large, so that HHj they will not cxcrclso too much, nnd HHj by feeding them onco a day nil they HBJ will eat up clean of"n moist mnsh HI mado of one-half shorts and two-thirds HB cornme'nl, and two feeds dully of corn HH with somo oats or barley. Whllo fat- Hi tenlng young geese they should be Hm kept as quiet as possible; no cxclte- HJjj me nt whatever should disturb them, HH poultry spccinlists of the United HH Stntrs Department of Agriculture say. HB When feeding, approach them quiet- HB ly, nnd do not frighten them. At ten H weeks nf n?e or when tb Mn" of the IBH T "iSy nW SMMPl! i" mMrrikb1i'')TI HB Many r arm em- . v . to IHHJ Orete Geese Before Marketing LHB Them to Obtain the Feather. HH vrlngs reach the tull, they are ready HH for market If they have been lionvlly DH fed, and should weigh between eight HBJ and ten pounds. (lost young geese HJ from general farms tre sold when thoy HJ are from five to eight months old. UH .When young goslings ore to be BHi dressed for market, they are first PHI stuck In tho root of the mouth with r KHJ long-hlndcd knlfo nnd then stunned HJ' by hitting them a slinrp, quick blow HJ on the head. For dry picking tho HH picker uses a box In front of him HJ abont the height of the knccjJ, holding JfHJ tho bird with tho loft band nnd clasp- bHJ Ing the feet and wings together; he Wm places tho bend of tho bird against the HJ box nnd holds It In place with the UK .knee. Pick the fenthors from the body HHJ of tho bird, then dampen tho jlght HJ hand nnd brush the body to remove BBS the drvn." J.enve about two Inches BJH of feathers on the neck, nnd also leave PnE feathers on the wings nt the first DIB Joint. I.ny tho wings ngalnst tho body RBJj of the birds nnd tlo a string around jrHjj to hold In position. Place tho birds, HJ when picked, In eohl woter for nn DBm hour or So to plump them ; If they are IHe In the water too long they uro llnhln HBj to hletich and liecomo water-soaked., HB They nro then (red up In barrels ready IH fo n,ltp t0 m(vrkct |