Show LL if MAKE GEESE LA LAY Y MORE EGGS toulouse ind nd white and brown colnai are considered good breeder do well on an there hag been 1 n very little lone the tile line tino of f egg production in geese say says a ariter in an xhi inge there ire pomp prime arl arlet tl leq such ns as tile toulouse unit III and brown at Z toulouse Tou louie geese chinas which are considered quite pro buethe breeds they lay on an aver mer ne n e 1 of about 50 eggs a acar a and are try likely to increase their egg production as ewt grow older tin tilt customary uny ay of raiding ral ting geese ie Is to let them thern shift tor for themselves to n great extent and if thea have haie rien ty of good gross pasture they do very tiery veil wil Liper fence hiis lifts shown that geese do to not do well on a ration cot allting largely of grain grit la is an essential in lit the diet of the gooe goole but I 1 doubt the of feeding sour milk to any great extent as I 1 believe anything velch hach will force egg production would i likely hue h I 1 e some tit tri mental ef fco upon the fertility of the agg alle grit and ouster oster shell shells are essential sent ial they me are not usually provided lecause I 1 ecale geise getso are not confined like cli chit likens kens and pirk up I 1 nough bough of such materi 0 ut at wo biot 4 any tinie time of the year improvement OF EGG YIELD crushed oyster shell fred f red should da 0 a kept before hen hens to se cure good hard egg the department depart meat of agriculture washington recommends that crushed ter shell food be kept before laying hans as a means agh which a good egg 1 Is pied produced kept at the government chaken yard of the amount of cist r fed to a laurl tun showed shoved thit tivit in the year one tind three tenths pound per hen hn was con fumed at a cost of about I 1 cent a heu per year it la Is algo 1 pointed out ou that the calcium mineral matter taken in by the young chicken in the feeding of oyster shells may way have a tendency to strengthen toe the frame of the young youna pul put lets and find roae male them stronger and healthier healt hirr in later life it la Is further shown from actual expert experiment ment that when A hen beef scraps were mere fed to hens the average egg yield was eggs per hen a year and when beet beef scraps T ere not fed 00 90 eggs was as the average yearly yield RATIONS FOR LITTLE CHICKS bread crumb crumbs mixed with eggs cogs hilled oat oats or johnny cake beet best at first dry iry bread crumbs may be mixed willi hard boiled eggs making about one fourth of the mixture eggs or rolled oats may be used in place of the bread crumbs crumb 4 for young chicks feed the tile brend bread crumbs rolled oats or johnny cake mixtures five times dally da foe fo the first week then gradually sub for one or two feed of the mixture finely linely cracked gaint of equal aarts by wight w of cracked wheat finely d corn 1711 and oatmeal or united hulled oat oats to illch out 5 per cent of cracked peas or broken rice and 2 lar cent of charcoal or millet or rape seed 1 inny be added A commercial chick feed may mar be it if de ared the above ration can be fed until the chicks are tib becki old nhen hen they should be placed on in grain ana a dry or wet maeh malsh KEEPING EGGS FOR HATCHING basement is satisfactory place provided it la Is dry and free from odora odors jr agi be hem fm for hatching arpa 8 ought erht to be letin t it e ai flaw place bue buu a as the beit ement te 18 very mil factory itt it its dry and jee from am bad abey goold be tuia tut ed 1 every day to prevent the yolk froba to the flino the shontell shon donld till b tit beet et As eloa W 0 n ag 1 ann ana near ver ar fita l teu dam |