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Show GEESE FOR PROFIT Opportunities for geese raising- at a profit are best in sections where there is a demand for geese for fattening fat-tening for use in large cities. Where there is good green pasture, most goslings can bo raised from the time they are 2 or 3 weeks old to fattening fatten-ing time without any additional feed. Some fanners who fatten their own geese feed them three times daily; one feed -of a moist but not sloppy mash made of 1-3 shorts and 2-3 corn meal, and two feeds of corn with some oats or barley. Some roughage or vegetables should be given. Ten-weeks-old goslings of the largest breeds of purebred geese weigh as much as 10 or 12 pounds when forced ! for rapid growth and are sometimes 'marketed tint that age as green geese. Higher prices for such geese are usually obtained in summer The i demand for goose feathers and the practice of plucking geese seems to : be decreasing and more attention is I being paid to their, production for market. i |