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MRS. BASLEY'S WESTERN POULTRY BOOK 



Now what is the cause and what can 

 I do to raise the others, as I hate to 

 lose them so bad. Mrs. J. B. M. 



Answer You feed your young 

 geese wrong. Geese are grazing ani- 

 mals and need grass or young tender 

 clover to eat. Next time you have 

 any give them bran (three cups full) 

 and corn meal (one cup full) moist- 

 ened with water, with a teaspoonful of 

 sand sprinkled over it. This should 

 be fed every two hours, after the first 



day, when they should have nothing 

 at all to eat, they should be turned 

 out on the grass or on a clover lawn. 

 From the very first they must have 

 grass or clover to crop from. After 

 the first week leave the food where, 

 they can get it all the time and they 

 will feed themselves without any 

 trouble. Geese are the easiest of all 

 fowls to raise. They must not have 

 water to swim in until they have their 

 mature feathers. 



