Show E IR R y PASTURING GEESE ON CLEAN RANGE As general rule fowls are given freedom of field the raising of geese has noi not been specialized like duck raising for the reason that geese secure most of their feed by grazing for tills this reason geese ore are raised on roost most farms in chip comparatively ara small flo flocks c lis these facts are the ahe principal reasons why geese raising offers an opportunity for most farmers to add another source of income to their spring poultry raising geese gees e be pastured at the rate of CO 60 fiend to an fiere acre but ns as a general rule they are given free range tills a I 1 la a so satisfactory so long as they lioy are no not t numerous minic roua however if a forge nock flock of geese Is pastured oh on lie he regular pasture the fhe the live stock will not relish the pasture ori on account of the goose manure manura on tile gross grass Ordin ordinor nr lly ahe fi number timber of geese raised on anny one farm ure not numerous enough to cause any trouble from this ills source gece do not nit require n grent great deal of attention for the first two weeks they are are able to loo kafter themselves if given a glod range the principal food of gecse Is grass grasi supplemented by insects and other low forms of ani mal mn life if suitable table range Is not access sable it Is not advisable to go into geese raising i houses lint will protect the alie gilese from enins in at summer anit er arid from now cold winds abid dampness In winter are the only essentials from alie housing standpoint t open front are often used for tills this purpose core care should be taen to see that the icv interior of the house houed Is Is dryl dry nt at all times geese like to tn swim salin and they wIlI exe axer r else in the snow practically all dayt day but they should haye have dry places to roost or they will contract rheuna rheumatism a the alie floor of such houses should be of earth tills this should be co covered erdo with straw and renewed often enough so that it t will he be dry A thin coating of sand often proves helpful in keep tug ing the house dry i geese mate more successfully titter after they are two years of age than when mated ranted earlier this la Is more true of t the he females than of the males oe occa atonally eto nally yearling geese will produce fertile eggs but they cannot be depended upon small undersized zed geese should not be used for breeding puri pur i pos poses es on the other hand extra large coarse geese are not as satisfactory as 9 those of full frill development but cupl so coarse with most breeds the gander will mate with from three to four 1 geese ohio station advocates all mash chick ration the rearing of chicks to maturity on an all mash ration Is a rather new venture in poultry keeping and wo we shall have to take the word of those who have tried it us to its value this athla system hns has been developed and advocated by the ohio agricultural experiment stat station loii at wooster cr and Is fully described in a bulletin issued by this station they state that they have found tho the method successful on their experimental farm and equally so in the hands of other poultry men of tho the state somo some other stations where it has been tried discount these claims somewhat there la Is no question as aa to the attractiveness of the plan and the results at the ohio station should bo be sufficient to give warrant for trying Is out those who have followed the teach ing of poultry experts over a considerable period of years have learned that there Is little that can be considered as absolutely fixed even in the S seemingly fundamental principles of feeding and care revolutionary findings are apt at any time to upset long accepted practices the all nia masa sh ration should not have scra scratch telf j grains rain a faded a decd to it since it combines in itself both the scratch h and the math mash an and d the addition of mo more re scratch grain would unbalance it that Is it would change the proportion of protein foods to the other ingredients and presumably ably lessen its value an all mash should be more coarsely ground than others other ma mashes shel to make it more palatable raising turkeys turkeys s can be raised 6 by artificial methods with less lesi loss and bore more profit than ihan by the hen hatched ed and hen he n brooded blooded method each year the matter I 1 pi of gro prowling ving moret bon 20 or 80 wpc per cent of the boults has become more that the association of turkeys and chickens Is one of the leading causes for the hf emvy avy losses in baby boults and th at turkeys can be r raised alsed in broo bro deia odeis and hatched in incubators are comparatively new developments in the turkey situation in case of roup should any of your nock flock be begin in to show symptoms of roup no time should be lost tn in starting mek aaros uros to prevent further furl lier spread all housea house pens coops and runs sli be thor hughly cle clearies aried and sprayed with a t trong solution of a good coal tar di dip if and disinfectant droppings litter ilder and trash of every description should be ret removed noved and burned all unnecessary equipment S m tai ai uv u v i t amit front houses and ads daud am 7 stored lovly ft |