104 TREATMENT OF GEESE. 



On the TREATMENT of Geese, at the extensive Esta- 

 blishments of the Feeders, in the vicinity of the 

 Metropolis. 



" There cleanliness, punctuality, and regularity pre- 

 vail: the business is conducted as it were, by machi- 

 nery, rivalling the vibrations of the pendulum in uni- 

 formity of movement. The grand object of prepar- 

 ing, not geese only but poultry in general, for the 

 market in as short a time as possible, is effected 

 solely by paying unremitting attention to their wants; 

 in keeping them thoroughly clean, in supplying them 

 with proper food, (dry, soft, and green,) water, exer- 

 cise, ground, c. On arriving at the feeders they are 

 classed according to condition, &c. they soon become 

 reconciled to their new abode and to each other. 

 They are fed three times a day ; and it is truly as- 

 tonishing how soon they acquire the knowledge of 

 the precise time; marching from the exercise ground 

 to the pens like soldiers in close column. 



" GOSLINGS, or young geese, come to hand gene- 

 rally about the month of March, after which, a re- 

 gular and constant supply arrives weekly throughout 

 the season. At first they are fed on soft meat, con- 

 sisting of prime barley or oatmeal; afterwards on 

 dry corn. An idea prevails with many that any sort 

 of corn will do for poultry : this is a grand mistake. 

 Those who feed largely know better ; and invariably 

 make it a rule to buy the best : the Messrs. Boyce 

 of Stratford, whose pens are capable of holding the 

 extraordinary number of four thousand geese, inde- 

 pendent of ducks, turkeys, &c. consume twenty 



