212 PROFITS IN POULTRY. 
Goslings do not require much extra feed, if they can. 
get all the fresh and tender grass they want, and unless 
this can be supplied, breeding geese is not profitable, 
For the first few weeks some food must be given; this 
should never be corn-meal, for nine-tenths of the mor- 
tality among fledgelings, of the various kinds of domestic 
fowls, can readily be traced to feeding corn-meal. Cot- 
tage cheese, or dry curds of sour milk in which red pep- 
per (Cayenne) has been sprinkled, is avery good food, 
and a quantity of fresh onion-tops, chopped up fine, is 
relished by them. Stale bread soaked in fresh milk 
makes an excellent food for all young birds, and the way 
they develop when fed liberally with it will astonish any 
one who has not before tried it with his fowls. The 
greater part of the management of geese consists in 
keeping them (the goslings) free from dampness while 
they are still ‘‘ downy,” guarding them from the attacks 
of rats, cats, weasels, and other of their enemies, in 
housing them well at night, and in giving them a fresh 
grass run as often as possible. When they become fully 
feathered, they are abundantly able to take care of them- 
selves ; many breeders then let the geese find their own 
food, which they can readily.do on a large farm, until 
fattening time, or when the grass begins to get short, 
when they are brought up, and liberally and regularly 
fed with corn, still being permitted to have their liberty, 
until a week or two before they are to be killed, when 
they are penned up and fed with all they can eat. 
VARIETIES, 
In breeding for mere fancy, no doubt the odd or hand- 
some kinds, like the white or the brown China, ete., 
would be satisfactory ; but where heavy weights, hardi- 
