TREATMENT OF GEESE. 117 



vert nor warrant this, but have no doubt but that 

 the reader may depend on the following statement, 

 with which I have been lately furnished by an eye- 

 witness. 



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 feeder's 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 asto- 

 nishing 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 



