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just what I want." My friend then went back to the girl 

 and said " I will take the two geese my girl, here is the 

 pound (which she took), but now tell me why you would 

 not separate them." "Well, sir," was the unexpected reply, 

 " my father said I was not to part them, as they had been 

 running together 19 years before the speech-house, so it 

 would be a pity to part them." My readers can judge the 

 feelings of my friend. He sold the geese again, as he knew 

 better than to take them home to his wife, and a fine joke 

 the gentleman had with the friends he sold them to. It is 

 really a fact, geese will live to be 50 years old. 



The advice I would give to all those who buy geese is, 

 see that you get them first-hand from the breeders if 

 possible. 



Those who have every convenience for keeping geese 

 should rear a few for their own table, then they will be 

 quite sure they are young. 



Geese are very easy to rear after they are two days old, 

 they require scarcely any attention, and they can be brought 

 up where there is no water for them to swim in equally as 

 well as if they have a pond. 



The first batch of eggs should always be set, if possible, 

 under large hens, four or five can be placed under her 

 according to the size of the hen and eggs. Some geese 

 eggs are much larger than others, especially when the stock 

 birds are old. 



When the goslings are first hatched out they should 

 always be put away if possible from the old ganders and not 

 allowed to run in the same place, because the ganders are so 

 proud of them and take such care of the young ones that in 



