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Show PREPARE GEESE FOR MARKET Closer Fowla Are Confined, If Allowed Sufficient Room for Exerelae, k Bsttar They Are. yA goose that ia being fattened for market abould never be perrrltted to swim in the water or to wander any distance. The closer they are confined, con-fined, as long aa they have a pen for sufficient exerelae, the better table poultry they make. To keep them clean while being fattened, cover the floor of the building in which they Hay at night with a thick covering of atraw. Remove this in the morning with a pitchfork, either into the air or aunllght where it will dry. Thoroughly Thor-oughly acrape the floor, and, cover It with dry sand or earth; aa Light ap-proachea ap-proachea throw down the bedding again, and in thla way they can be kept perfectly clean, and under these condition! tbey will improve much faater. When the time cornea for Belling them, the geese abould be confined iu a limited apace, provided with a building for abetter only, plenty of water to drink, and bo fed all they will eat of a dry mash ma of one-half one-half corn meal, one fourth bran and mlddUnga, the balance of ground oats. Pair of White China Geese. Thla ii best mixed with boiled milk, buttermilk, sour milk or akhn milk, which, when thoroughly cooked, can be mixed Into the meals to make the dry mash, and fed In boxea or troughs once or twice of day. In addition to thla, a amaJl amount of green food, the beet of rye, clover or grass, may be provided with good resulta. |