FATTENING GEESE 



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Fig. 118. — Mixed flock of geese. 



freely and appear to grow fat on it, but when fed a proper 

 grain ration goslings grow very rapid]J^ 



Fattening Geese. — While being fattened, geese should 

 be kept perfectly quiet and should be fed all the food they 

 will eat. Their food should consist of equal parts by meas- 

 ure of corn meal, ground oats, wheat middlings, and wheat 

 bran, mixed and moistened with either milk or water. 

 Geese so fed will be fit for table use within ten or twelve 

 days. In some locaKties, when the geese fed in this way 

 are so fat as to quit feeding, they are shut up in dark places 

 and stuffed with specially prepared " noodles " three or four 

 times a day until they become excessively fat. Stuffed 

 geese develop abnormally large livers, which are prized as 

 a great delicacy. In a few regions of the United States, 

 the stuffed-goose industry has developed large propor- 

 tions. 



