Show FARMERS URGED TO RAISE GEESE AS FOWLS FURNISH TABLE MEAT ar 1 xa 1 1 J 1 geese need littile feed outside of pasture during greater part of year art par f by the states f durans tile the hol holiday iday season when tile unctuous goose grates the largest available platter Is tile the time to think of 0 f the advisability of growing a bunch of if alose profitable birds for the tables that will he spread for or hungry hungo farn illes another year the I 1 lie goose pop lit in tile hie united jill lins m been on tit the decline delane lit in recent years cars hut but tit alif united states department of agriculture ri the opinion that there are m in forms on in which a few tan can he be raised on oil pasture p sture und and other feed that mill ivill scarcely be missed although the demand lenin nd for feathers Is not what it once wits was and the eggs tire are not in for looking cooking these birds are re w worth rt I 1 while idle its as producers of delicious I 1 ious well meat 11 the objection has been riched raised I 1 that it lat the ineat Is IF too oil oily but this ills condition Is largely due to improper cooking to failure to remove remote the surplus fitt fat of the abdominal cavity rind to not oft off tin the grease w while title cooking ar grass furnishes bulk of feed where I 1 there here Is low rough pasture land with lilt a natural supply of witter water gese mn call he be raised ral ed ut at a profit they the are gent general rally quite little free from disease and till all insect pests but they tire are oc casio nally affected by tile the diseases common to poultry grass makes up tilt the bulk of the feed and it Is doubt fill it pays pas to raise them it goo good gruss range Is b not available A body llad of water where they enn swim la Is considered essential during ill ahr breeding season nil and Is a rood good thing luring the rest of tile the year the market Is tint not so general ns as for chickens chIcke ivo but the demand and the price tire are unusually good in loca local itys where goose fattening Is con condrad u on a large scale riale however a X fm geese tire are desirable on ninny many farms where there Is no such market except in winter and during stormy weather mature geese have hae little need for a house bouse brenners breeders Bren Bre eders lers lit in the north and nd some boine lit in the south use ilse a blied shed to the south as a protection in winter coops barrels or other sit irl 1 e ter tire lire needed by go gollings goslings slings tilt houses nun may lie he kept cuan clean by supplying plenty of straw for bedding from 4 to 25 geese jiin may lie he pastured on in till an aire acre of lund land tile lie number depending upon the quality of the pasture ten geise geese to the lie acre Is a fair liver aur n ge free aree range ranee should lie be used wherever po possible sIble it in tin the south III ciany illy people use ue tse to help lit in keecil kee keeping lil 14 down tilt weds in ill the in cotton fields along the tit flit t of y geese should get a 11 ration suitable for egg so that lint gollings goslings go slings s way linn he hatched hat lil at about the time little the first pasture Is available nests nun lir lie made till on the floor bloor of the house or in large boxes boies barrels or other shelters it Is desirable to collect tl lie ie eggs dill dailly anti to keep them in a 01 ol place win eliere re the lie 1 intents I will not to too rapidly it if kept for some me time they ciui lie stured lit in loose bran the first eggs tire ii milly set et under hens while the last ones one the goose lays IBS nm inny be hatched either under hens or tinder the lie goose it if she he goes broody if the aggi eggi are not removed front from the nest where Is laying she ilie will vill usually stop la ing sooner titan it if they the are taken wany iian dally daily ibe ohp sitters may he be broken up tip if they hie tire are confined to a slat bottom coop with water to drink but bill no feid feed for two to four days ani S some ie breeders bleeders bre eders prefer to mine all the go slings with will liens hells as geese sometimes become difficult to manage when nl ill lowd to hatch and rear their young oung liens hens used fur for hatching goose eggs must be dusted with insect powder und and have good attention ut us its the period of incubation for goose gonie eging Is 14 longer than for ahi alken ken eggs noose loose eggs may ma be hatched batched tn in and the lie gosling raised in brooders broaders bro oders but tills this Is not a lommon common practice pra atle front 28 to 30 days das are required e 1 I to hatch goose fa e aggs moisture should lie he gul agg added after t e r tin t first week if the eggs are set under hens or lit in incubators warm water being sprinkled on it th the eggs or tile the nest should be run tit at tempia of n i to jojn degrees fahrenheit 1 or about 1 degrees loner lhnn for liens inns eg eggs s and I 1 I 1 tile lie aggs agg should he fouled longi iongi r pour to six eggs gs tire lire put plit under it 11 inn hell and 31 10 to 1 13 i under a goe go sc they 1 li may inay lie be tested about tit tin tenth flay di mill thus that hint tire or 1111 it into bend d ill i anns iliou hould lil I 1 lr removed icino Mil gooe goo e eggs fintch slowly p v kinli jer i in ii it the mr III rr re nihed oil ns its si rotin nn us and k kvia pt it in i 1 ahlee tin hitching hatching Is 1 over our when they are put back floder tile hen li n fir ir goole goi so after ill IK eggo tire lire nil inn in d creeder gli give nil lilt the tollio ti geese llew hi us with go slings lang mity lie kept in mops boop and their charges clin ris al il owed to but they alie tire me nut not ul oil lowed to go ga into the water until sev rev erid ilis days oil lit in mild weather they w will III be able to I 1 look k after themselves when seven to ten liis days old coops with board floors tire are desirable for go slings and they should he be protected from froin their enemies and looked utter after in III ca case s e they get lost lit in their wander I 1 lues n bout about the furni farm feeding the young birds Go goslinge goslings slings do not feed until they are 24 to 30 hours old when they may be fed any of the mashes recommend ed for chickens or for ducklings duc klings or a mach or dough of two tivo thirds shorts or and one third corn meal which after six weeks may be made equal parts shorts horts i and corn meal and 5 per cent beef scrap bread and milk isi Is also nit an excellent feed tor for go slings fine grit Is needed and may he be pro aided vided ded by using 5 per cent of sharp sand in the mash or by b kepi keeping it before them in a hopper if go slings are to be fattened give them a ration of one third shorts wd two thirds corn meal by weight with 5 per cent of beef scrap added and a teed feed of corn at night in february when the feeding for eggs Is begun it ration ninde up tip of one pound of corn meal one of bran one of or low grade flour and 10 per cent of beef scrap which lot Is fed in tile lie morning and equal parts of corn and wheat or corn alone fed at night will produce good results grit and oyster oster shell may he be pro video tided lit it all times but they tire lire essential luring during the laying period in ID winter und and tit at other times lines when there Is fi no good pasture aval available lable geese may inny be given ghen linges such as cut clover hay toy alfalfa silage cabbage mangels or any waste vegetables |