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POULTRY PRODUCTION 



which are then rolled in a good grade of flour, care being 

 taken to round the ends a little. 



The noodles are then put into a double boiler and so 

 arranged that they are held in a woven wire basket so that 

 they cannot come in contact with the bottom of the boiler. 

 They are then boiled until they rise to the top. As soon as 

 this occurs they are immediately immersed in cold water, 

 which prevents them from sticking together and renders 

 them capable of being handled without danger of breaking. 



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Unloading dressed noodled geese. (Courtesy of J. G. Halpin.) 



As many as are needed for feeding are dropped into a 

 pail of warm water, which softens the outside of the noodle 

 sufficiently to make it easy for the goose to swallow. 



For feeding, the geese are confined in a shed in pens about 

 eight by ten feet. Near one corner a partition about two feet 

 high is built, extending out from the side of the pen about 

 three feet, leaving a space about three feet square. Into this 

 space the geese are driven for feeding. The feeder sits on a 

 low stool at the end of this partition, reaches back and leads 

 a goose from the small pen. The goose stands on the ground 



