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LESSONS IN POULTRY KEEPING SECOND SERIES. 



LESSON IV. 



Goose Culture. 



THIS is the branch of poultry culture which interests the least number of people. You 

 may travel long distances in many directions, and see very few geese. Yet it is a 

 line that might profitably be given some attention by practically all farmers and a 

 great many others. 



I do not mean by this that the growing of geese on a commercial scale could be carried on 

 profitably very much more generally than it is. No doubt interest in goose culture on a com- 

 mercial scale could develop considerably before an over supply was created, but those to whom 



