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care, but yet it is advisable to confine the flock in a 

 yard for a week or ten days. 



When the goslings are to be sold in the Christmas 

 markets, or late in the year for breeders, they will 

 not need to be supplied with food if they have suit- 

 able pasture grounds, except a light meal of grain 

 morning and night. It is best to feed them in this 

 manner to induce them to return home every night. 



There is a demand for "green goose" in mid- 

 summer and many prepare their early goslings for 

 this market. With this end in view they are fed all 



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they will eat until the flight-feathers grow out as far 

 as the root of the tail, then they are enclosed in a pen. 

 This must be in a dry situation where there is no 

 water or mud. A yard fifty feet square with shade in 

 it will hold seventy-five goslings. Treat them gently, 

 since they are timid creatures and will not fatten if 

 roughly handled or frightened. Have a large boiler 

 holding a barrel or more, fill with water and stir in 



