| Show favl TR Y MUST FEED GEESE GRAIN ROUGHAGE birds demand right care to produce best beh eggs to obtain the best beat hatching results breeding geese must be fed regularly in the lie winter at the sarrie same time care jiust be taken not to overfeed while good condition Is desirable d at the be ginning of the breeding season poor fertility arid and poor hatchability will result sult it if geese are too tat fat asserts a writer in successful farming the principal feeds required by perse are grain nod and roughage in some form of the bruins oats oata are by far the best for breeding breed ing grease geese because they are arc not too fattening such fattening grains as corn wheat or barley may be fed in limited quantities when supplemented with other grains the geese should be fed till all the grain they will clean up in 10 30 minutes at each feed twice a day during the winter some form of roughage Is necessary to make up op the bulk of the feed any kind of vegetables clover alfalfa hay bay or silage may be used as roughage for breeding geese it if silage Is not moldy and dors does not contain too much corn it Is excellent mug roughage haire for geese if fed properly gerse geese will begin laying at such a time that the first gos lings hatched will have good pasture to encourage egg production add a good laying mash to the regular feed a month or more before it Is desired to have the geese begin laying tills mash should be mixed with skim milk or buttermilk and fed with the roughage a ge in the morning while grit and oyster shell may be supplied at all times to advantage it la is esp especially necessary that these he be kept before the geese during the breeding season |
