A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



etable excepting potatoes boiled, mashed, 

 and mixed with an equal quantity of wheat 

 bran and a fourth of ground feed. At 

 noon, cut and steamed clover hay, or chopped 

 vegetables. At night, about half a small 

 cupful of wheat or corn for each bird. Three 

 times a week add meat meal to the mash, 

 or feed green cut bone at noon. Like all 

 other poultry, they must be supplied with 

 sharp grit, old plaster, or air-slacked lime. 



A goose usually selects a nest in February. 

 A hollow in the ground filled with hay or 

 a shallow box on the floor will be readily 

 adopted. Before commencing to lay, the 

 goose lines her nest with down plucked from 

 her own breast; and after laying, the egg is 

 covered first with down, and then with what- 

 ever may be within reach of her bill. The 

 first fifteen eggs should be stolen from day to 

 day as laid, cautiously removing the covering 

 and replacing it when the birds are safely out 

 of sight ; as both goose and gander will strenu- 

 ously resent any interference with the nest, 



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