Show RAISING GEESE FOR PROFIT Opportunities Good In Regions Where They Can Be Fattened for City Markets Prepared Prepare 1 by the United States Department of Agriculture Geese Grose may be lie raised profitably on many more farms than at present The United States Department of ure points out that the opportunities opportunities are especially good In regions region where they are fattened commercially for t C a growing demand of cities They are easily disturbed and should therefore be handled gently When mated they are allowed to run In flocks but each mating may be kept in ina a R colony by itself to keep the ganders from fighting A gander gonder may be mated matet with from one to four geese but pair or trio usually give the better better better bet bet- ter results From four to twenty five e geese may be kept on an acre Under Under Under Un Un- der most conditions ten Is a fair Calr aver aver- age Free range on grass or stubble Is advisable and many persons In the South keep them to kill weeds In the cotton fields To Toulouse l use and Embden geese will breed and produce some stock in their i second year but do not mature or give Ive M f yC t ty y r I J t b n. n J v i. i F. F r II V 7 L B k A I ITo v I c To Toulouse lose Geese best results for another 12 months Sometimes they will Ia lay the first year ear but the results usually are unsatisfactory tory and the eg eggs often are arc used for cooking Females Females usually are kept until until un un- til tu they are eight to ten years ears old oleI or oras oras oras as long as they lay well but ganders seldom are kept after they are six or seven years old Yearling ganders of ot the domestic breed often are used for tor breeding but both sexes usually are best for breeding when from three to five years od |