184 POULTRY BREEDING 
enough to satisfy its normal appetite and after this is 
appeased the feeder gently pokes the noodles down its 
throat until it is stuffed full. It is then released and 
immediately it goes to the water trough in the yard and 
drinks fresh water that is kept in the yards constautly. 
Thus one by one the whole flock is stuffed, after which 
the geese are not disturbed until the next feeding time. 
If at feeding time a goose has not digested all of its 
previous feed it is given a lighter feed. Occasionally it 
is deemed best to let a goose miss a feed, especially if it 
shows any signs of indigestion. Sometimes a goose goes 
off its feed and must be turned out for a day or two. Some 
feeders make a regular practice of reducing the allowance 
occasionally, after they have been on full feed, gradually 
bringing them back. This will prevent them from be- 
coming “stale” before the process of fattening is finished. 
GRAINS, SPROUTED.—Wvheat or barley may be 
sprouted the same as oats and will answer the same pur- 
pose. 
GREEN FEED AND EGGS.—At the West Virginia 
station Atwood conducted a test during 360 days with 
two flocks with 22 White Leghorns in each to determine 
the value of green feed to promote egg production. The 
green feed was composed of apples, rape and cabbage. 
In other respects the feed for the two flocks was the same. 
Wheat, oats, corn, buckwheat, cornmeal, brown mid- 
dlings, ground oats, wheat screenings, green cut bone 
and beef scrap were fed. Of these the flock given green 
feed consumed 58 pounds each while the flock not receiv- 
ing green feed consumed 61 pounds each, showing a 
slight advantage in the matter of costly feeds. 
During the 360 days the flock receiving green feed laid 
an average of 114 eggs each, while those not receiving 
