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the old goose from taking her charge too far afield and exhausting 

 them. 



When a gosling is a week old it is usually reckoned as a grown 

 bird, for, barring accidents, it is a very hardy creature and will 

 make rapid growth. If given good pasture they require but one 

 feeding daily after they are two weeks old, but they should be 

 returned to the security of the goose house every night. 



Fig. 328. — Muscovy ducks are sometimes regarded as geese. 



Turkey hens make good mothers for geese, because they can 

 cover so many eggs; but they should be confined with their 

 broods for the first week. When goose eggs are placed under 

 chicken hens, the caretaker should make it a point to turn the 

 eggs daily, for they are too heavy for the hen to do this. 



The prices obtained for geese in the large city markets run 

 from fourteen to twenty cents per pound live weight, which 

 quickly mounts up when we consider their great weight. In 



