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A goslin hatched is a goslin raised. This tells how 

 hardy they are. Their meat is the best, fine grain and flavor 

 and sweet and juicy. Their feathers are high priced and 

 sell for seventy-five to $1 per pound. 



Management of Geese. 



Greese need free range and water to do well. They eat 

 grass like a cow, also hay in the winter and they like to eat 

 rotten stumps, roots, etc. Geese cannot be raised in a large 

 number, twenty-five will want an acre and a pond. The 

 China geese are not roamers. They will stay around the 

 house and should have a shed out near the pasture so they 

 will not hang around the dwelling house. 



There are lots of farms where nothing can be raised, at 

 least not on parts of such as swamps or woody land. 

 This is an excellent place for geese. Many farmers make it 

 a business and as they eat but little grain and mash it pays 

 better than any other stock, considering the land they run 

 in. Any old shed will do for shelter. They live to be fifty 

 years old and lay and hatch as long as they live. Ganders 

 when three years old should not be kept for breeding, the 

 young gander is best. The young gander is more active and 

 the eggs are more fertile. The goose eggs will not be very 

 fertile until three years old. The breeding season com. 

 mences about February. The goose generally lays three or 

 four litters of eggs, fifteen to twenty at each litter. When 

 the goose lays her Erst litter and wants to set take the eggs 

 away and set them under hens. Always leave one egg in 

 the nest or she will look for another nest. A goose always 

 covers up her nest. When she lays her last batch, let her 

 set on the eggs and hatch her own young. The young gos- 

 lins live on grass the first week. If you feed them anything 

 give them mash or bread, milk curd, etc., but never try to 

 yard them. This is not their nature and they will die if you 

 try it. They like green food of all kind. 



The young goslins should be fed on mash food, beef 

 scraps, cooked turnips, potatoes, whole corn and oats. 



