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the necessary pains, and perform the necessary labor to give their 

 goslings the necessary conditions; and without these three neces- 

 sary things it is vain to expect success, for it will never come. 



Geese do not require a high or tight fence. 



It costs about $i.oo a year to properly keep a goose. 



Dora Stephenson, in Wisconsin Farmer, says one reason why 

 ^eese are not used more in this country is because so many do not 

 know how to dress and clean them. She has often heard the remark 

 that a goose is not fit to eat, but a young goose properly cooked is 

 a dish fit for a king. To clean take a common wash boiler, putting 

 two bricks in each end, and pour in a gallon of water. Make a 

 frame of lath to fit on top of the bricks, then when the center is boil- 

 ing lay your goose on the frame and put on the lid to the boiler. 

 Steam it for about three minutes, or till the feathers come out, turn- 

 ing the goose when it has been in the boiler about two minutes. The 

 feathers must pull easy as they do when a chicken is scalded. Now 

 get a thin sack of any kind and pick your feathers into it and hang 

 them up to dry, when they will be fit to use the same as dry picked 

 ones. To roast prepare the same as any other fowl. One of the 

 patent roasting pans is best. When your goose has been roasting 

 about two and one-half or three hours, take the pan out and skim of 

 all the fat that is melted. If the goose is yonng it should be tender 

 in four hours. The goose must be fat to be good. Miss Stephenson 

 5ays she steamed over a hundred last Winter and sent them to the 

 Chicago market, saving all the feathers. 



A low, marshy field with a little upland does splendid for geese. 



There is no chance for loss in goose culture if properly managed. 



Geese for Christmas should be on the market by December 



20th. 



In the Eastern markets green geese generally command broiler 

 prices. 



Goose oil has served as a panacea for rheumatism, lumbago, 

 stiff joints, sprains, etc., from time immemorial. 



An exchange says that while geese are a water fowl, by giving 

 them plenty of fresh water to drink and keeping them away from 

 the barnyard and stagnant water that accumulates there, geese can 

 be raised with equally as good results as if raised on the banks of a 

 stream. 



Among our most valuable breeds of geese, the Embden is one 

 of the best, says Ohio Poultry Journal. The rivalry between it and 

 the Toulouse has been sharp in past years, but the Embden seems 

 the choice of late years, owing to its pure white plumage and ability 

 to put on flesh rapidly. 



The Embdens excel in the value of their feather crop. 



Never pick geese when they will be exposed to cold weather. 



It will require about four geese to make a pound of feathers. 



The time to pick is when the quill of the feather is ripe or clear. 



Pick the geese in a closed room, as the least wind will scatter 

 the down and feathers. 



