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Feeding Goslings.^ — Young goslings should be kept quiet 

 and comfortable for two or three days, then they should be 

 given a little soft food such as bread soaked in milk or water 

 or a mash similar to that fed little chicks. At the end of a 

 week^s time if the weather is favorable and pasture is good 

 they will thrive splendidly on the green food alone. Grit and 

 plenty of water must always be within reach for them. 



GUINEAS 



It is only within recent years that guineas have been con- 

 sidered as of any importance beyond that of protecting the 

 barnyard flocks from the ravages of hawks and crows and to 

 this day many farm flocks are considered incomplete without 

 the addition of a pair or more of these screeching birds. 

 Whether the protection they afford extends beyond the mere 

 fact that they sound a note of warning to the poultry keeper 

 or his flock has always been a matter of doubt in the mind of 

 the writer who has been a close observer of these fowls for 

 many years. 



The rearing of guineas as a commercial undertaking has 

 not yet developed to any marked degree, though a constantly 

 increasing demand for dressed fowls and eggs of the variety 

 should open a wide field for enterprising poultrymen. 



There are two varieties of guineas, the Pearl and the White. 



PEAFOWL 



The peafowl, generally supposed to be a native of India, 

 belongs to the Grouse family and has long been domesticated. 

 It is bred usually by people who admire the wonderfully bril- 

 liant plumage of the cock. The flesh is much relished by 

 many but no great demand for it has ever warranted its being 

 bred in large numbers for market purposes. 



The male is almost as large as the .bronze turkey and from 

 tip of beak to end of tail he measures about 6 feet. The female 

 is much smaller and of modest plumage. The male is often 

 credited with being troublesome in the poultry yard, killing 

 young chickens and ducks and even mature fowls. 



