Show I 1 AM an ta 1 ie REARING HEARING GOSLINGS NOT HARD long brooding Is I 1 Un unnecessary y and an ordnary hen coop WIK will accommodate three or four in by W SOT I 1 have always used large full feath arc I 1 hen hens for catchings hatch ings only allowing the geese to alt sit on the last eggs ot of the season A good broody ben hen will steadily alt sit the 30 daye days occupied in the incubation of teece eggs it she be given no more than four eggs and they are set in en an earth nest and turned once dally daily they should I 1 in ti almost every case produce vigorous gog goslings lings if the parent binie are healthy and ell matured rome people find a difficulty during the early daye days of raising in tho the agn en dency of the birds to all fall upon their back backs and an inability to right them selves without assistant his lug combined watchfulness or loea loss this ho however aver ie Is a nuisance that may be avoided by the uge use of 0 the egsa eggs of mature sound stock only the weakness belne absent la in the progeny of old birds in good breeding condl tion the actual rearing presents pree enta no dafft cultrea to one qualified in poultry long brooding la Is unnecessary and an ordinary ben hen coop Is to sufficient to accommodate three or four ko slings and a hen as long aa as it ie Is n necessary ec essary to leave the latter in charge but during the fit days dayis the gosling goell nga a run ru n which should be on short grass should be limited the boat beat diet la Is a simple one and for the first few days I 1 have found nothing better than stale bread well soaked and squeezed moderately dry and mixed with a liberal allowance of dandelion leaves s well chopped and tree free from stringy pieces biscuit meal may be used instead of the stale bread but it la Is more expensive and the results are no better by the middle of the first week eek ground oats should take the place of the bread mixed with a sufficient quantity of grit to make the mixture crumbly the dandelions being combined the green food may be gradually reduced and finally abandoned when the oung birds are grazing freely they should commence grazing at about a week old upon a good grazing ground find with a tent supply of soft food mixture of which aroun arouni I 1 oata oats should bo be the staple ingredient goo goslings lings will progress sj rapidly BROODER FOR SMALL CHICKS large barrel cut in half as shown I 1 in illustration will ba found convenient A very s ample brooder can be constructed truc ted by cutting a sugar barrel in half and using one part in the manner described line the inside of the half hall barrel bael with paper and then cover this with old flannel cloth make a over rover for the top and alln it in the sune manner at the bottom cut a hole in the edge about four inches deep and four wide and provide a cov cor I 1 I 1 brooder for chick chicks cr er or door the inside la Is kept warm by ailing filling a jug vath th boiling water and etting setting it within changing the wa ter both morning and night when the temperature outside Is ten de amo the interior can be kept at 90 or deg depwe Toes but tho the jug must be refilled with boiling water sit least jwia a day dar popular mechanics color bulur I 1 Is largely a matter of breed the color la in eggs has no fe relation lation what softer to their food value ao an pg with a white shell doce does bot rot differ ii aa composition from one with with a brown shell eggs of the aled mediterranean breed breeds are white while those of tho the asiatic breeds ere vre brown in general the eggs of the american Ame bipeds are also brown but are rarely as Qs uniform in bulor as the other two to classes uniformity in color regardless of whether egge eggs are white or brown should be ought for by the roan A goud appearance to a 86 crate of cap ID to procured only when uniformity ij ii size lie shape and codur au Is 1 present water essential clean fresh water Is one on of the most that we can think ol 01 for or tho the tel delthy thy owls fowls As tho the Ir Teat portion ot lot the egg la Is water should be supplied with a albeni up ply NY nt at all timea times it should be placed la 10 tocci A that it lt be within easy 11 |