Show ganders are drawback I 1 in the geese business geese naturally mate in pairs sometimes you can force upon a gan gall der more than one mate sometimes you cannot I 1 should say that the average you would have to keep would be two ganders ders to three and possibly four geese that Is one of tile the drawbacks of the geese business says pays a writer in the farmer you have to keep kt rp too many unproductive malts males tie te productive females do not in lay a great number of eggs peri perhaps mils 30 to 35 and unless some pains Is taken in feeding them the eggs do not hatch iery ery well if you ou have bave plenty of linge however they can call be rather cheaply clie aply fed short i cuttings 0 if alfalfa or clover hay bay may consist of one third of the bulk of their feed the other two thirds should consist of corn meal wheat bran wheat they should have a small amount anious bof of animal matter tills feed might be mixed with akim milk or buttermilk or add about 5 per cent of meat scraps or to it you have line fine sand say abou fone flone pound in ay pounds of soft feed tills this soft feed should be fed quite guiti wet vet they m might ight have ti a little whiple corn ot at higlin but not a great deal too to lVin much tuch will male make them so fat by spring that tile the geese eggs will not be fertile |