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amount of feed are both gradually increased until the birds are really stuffed 

 every four hours. It takes about ten days for full feed to be reached after 

 the process is begun. 



How to Make Feed. A cooked feed is given and is made as follows: 

 Two parts of ground and sifted barley or oats, one part wheat flour and 

 one part sifted corn meal are well mixed together, moistened with water, 

 and made into a stiff dough. This is worked into noodles about the size 

 of small pork sausages. The dough may be run through a sausage mill and cut 

 into the proper length as it comes out. The ends are moulded into a dull point 

 with the fingers. This process makes noodles that are about three inches in 

 length and one inch thick. The noodles can either be boiled or baked, pref- 

 erably boiled. The noodles are put into a wire basket made from the same 

 kind of wire that is used in ash sifters. The basket is just the right size 

 to fit into a wash boiler. It is fastened a little off the bottom to prevent 

 burning. When the noodles are thoroughly cooked they rise to the surface. 

 Then the basket is taken out and immersed in cold water. This prevents 

 them from clinging together. After being treated in this manner they can 

 be heaped into a basket with no danger of their losing shape or sticking 

 together. 



How to Feed. The goose to be fed should be confined in a small place 

 off the pen. The feeder can sit on a stool with a pail of water and basket 

 of noodles near him. He then dips a noodle in water, opens the bird's mouth 

 and slips it in. The goose will readily swallow a few of them of its own accord, 

 then the feeder gently pushes enough of them down its throat to stuff it full. 

 When the bird is released it immediately drinks its fill of water, which should 

 always be fresh. Each bird is stuffed in this way and then they are left undis- 

 turbed until the next feeding time. If at any time a goose has not digested all 

 the food it was given before, it is not fed so much. If a bird goes off its 

 feed, it must be put on the range for a couple of days. If it shows signs of 

 indigestion, a feed or so should be skipped. Some feeders think it wise to re- 

 duce the feed once in a while, after they are on full feed, and then gradually 

 bring them back. They will" not become "stale" when treated this way. 



This is a very simple method and one can soon learn to stuff a- goose very 

 quickly. It is practiced at a time of the year when there is practically nothing 

 else to do on the farm and it will produce paying returns. It is a method 

 that is fast gaining ground where its success is known. 



Bran, Shorts, Scraps, Oil Meal and Corn Meal. Keep confined closely 

 and feed : two parts (by measure) of bran, one part each of shorts, beef scraps, 

 oil meal and corn meal, moistened with sufficient water to make it crumble. 

 Feed three times daily. Give whole corn once in a while. Grit, green food, and 

 water should be constantly before them. F. D. Fowler, Carlinville, 111. 



Corn Meal, Ground Oats, Middlings and Barley. Feed one-half corn 

 meal, one-fourth ground oats, and the remainder wheat middlings and barley. 

 Mix together thoroughly and dampen with scalding milk or water. Feed as 

 much of this ration as they will eat up clean four or five times daily. Give 

 plenty of water. Mrs. M. Swartsley, Columbus, Neb. 



