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year round. I pick the geese in fall and early winter but not after Feb- 

 ruary. In early spring when there is no grass I use alfalfa meal or cut 

 clover to feed the goslings; they will not live without green stuff of some 

 sort. Lettuce is fine for geese, but it takes lots of it. I used to plant a 

 little lettuce in a box in the window in the early spring to feed to my early 

 goslings; they liked it very much and did well on it. They will not bear 



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confinement. An orchard is a nice place in which to raise geese. You 

 should keep only what you want for breeding purposes through the winter 

 for they eat a great deal of grain and are not profitable to keep for their 

 feathers alone. They should be fed corn, oats, millet, wheat, speltz, or 

 anything that will fatten them quickly in the fall, then put them on the 

 market just as soon as you think the price will justify you to do so. As 

 soon as grass is gone they are very expensive for they will eat all of the 

 time if they can get food, so the sooner you dispose of your surplus the 

 better. The Jews are very fond of goose meat and they use the oil for 

 cooking the same as we do lard, consequently geese command a better 

 price if they are quite fat. 



