Egyptian — Preparing Geese for the Show — 

 Catching and Handling Geese — Packing and 

 Shipping Hatching Eggs — Prices for Breeding 

 Stock. 



XI. Management of Breeding Geese 164 



Range for Breeders — Number of Geese to the 

 Acre — Water for Breeding Geese — Distin- 

 guishing the Sex — Purchase of Breeding Stock 

 - — Time of Laying — Housing — Yards — Feed- 

 ing the Breeding Geese. 



XII. Incubation 172 



Care of Eggs for Hatching — Methods of In- 

 cubation — ^Period of Incubation — Hatching 

 with Chicken Hens — Hatching with Geese — 

 Breaking Up Broody Geese — Hatching with 

 an Incubator — Moisture for Hatching Eggs — 

 Hatching. 



XIII. Brooding and Rearing Goslings 178 



Methods of Brooding — Brooding with Hens or 

 Geese — Length of Time Brooding is Neces- 

 sary — Artificial Brooding — General Care of 

 Growing Goslings — Feeding the Goslings — 

 Percentage of Goslings Raised — ^Rapidity of 

 Growth — Diseases. 



XIV. Fattening and Marketing Geese 187 



Classes of Geese Marketed — Markets and 

 Prices — Prejudice Against Roast Goose — 

 Methods of Fattening Geese for Market — Pen 

 Fattening — Noodling Geese — Methods Used 

 on Fattening Farms — Selling Geese Alive — 

 Killing — Picking — Packing for Shipment — 

 Saving the Feathers — Plucking Live Geese 

 for their Feathers. 



Index 215 



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