DUCKS, GEESE AND GUINEAS 123 
goslings usually may be put on grass at once, being 
given a light mash of bran and corn meal twice a 
day the first week. If they are to be fattened for 
the early summer market, the mash should be con- 
tinued, but otherwise the youngsters will get along 
very well on grass alone, plus what bugs and insects 
they are able to secure, although an occasional mash 
with the addition of cooked vegetables and some 
beef scraps will help promote growth, as well as 
teaching the birds to come home from their roaming 
every night. 
Simple sheds to protect them from the biting 
winds and driving rains are all that geese need. 
They do not feel the cold. Indeed, a goose will 
settle down in a blizzard and appear comfortable 
enough, changing her position only to prevent being 
buried under the snow. 
The Toulouse and Embden geese are the breeds 
commonly kept. Both are large, massive and at- 
tractive. They are much alike in appearance except 
that the Embdens are pure white, while the Tou- 
louse geese have a large proportion of gray feathers. 
The Toulouse geese are the more prolific, but the 
Embdens make the better mothers. Probably the 
former are to be preferred if yarding is necessary, 
