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Show Qoeco That Pick Cotton. Dt. R. O Williams of Humboldt, Tenu., who Is also a farmer, claims to have a flock of goose vJhlcu he has trained to pick cotton. There aro ten geese in the flock, and Dr. Williams Wil-liams claims each goose will pick on an averago of seYenty-flvo pounds of cotton a day, and tna' often his flock will gather suftlclent seed cottou In one day to make two large bales Tho doctor says he first taught his geese to do the picking act by placing grains of corn In the open bolls of cotton In such a way that In order to get the grain the goose would have to pick out the cotton. |