Money in Broilers and Squabs. 133 



Goslings : Care and Feeding. 



Do not overfeed the young. 



Goslings should be protected from storms or from sudden 

 showers. 



Northern flint corn, finely cracked, is preferred by some feeders 

 of goslings. 



Wire netting, one foot wide and one inch mesh, makes a good 

 fence for goslings. 



After four or five weeks old, feeding at morning and at night 

 will prove sufficient. 



Care should be taken not to overcrowd, as the young are liable 

 to injure or even kill one another. 



Some breeders use a few sweet beef scraps in the food when 

 young are four or five weeks old. 



The young should be confined at night where they are safe from 

 the attack of rats, weasles or minks. 



Grass is the natural food for goslings, and where the supply is 

 abundant less grain fod is required. 



If hatched before the grass starts in the spring, the care of the 

 goslings is rather a difficult matter. 



The goose will take excellent care of her young brood, and need 

 not be disturbed until time to feed them. 



When goslings are hatched in incubators, they can be readily 

 cared for by using some good artificial brooder. 



Sharp sand, saturated with water, should be provided in a shal- 

 low dish where the young can help themselves at any time. 



The bottom of the brooder should be covered with fine sand, 

 which should be changed so that it may be dry and clean. 



The very early goslings are more valuable than those later 

 hatched, "because they mature earlier and are the first to be ready 

 for market. 



As soon as the quill feathers have developed upon their backs, 

 goslings will be out of danger from injury through getting wet in 

 showers or storms. 



At the end of two or three weeks, and much less time than that 

 after June ist, the brooder can be dispensed with altogether, in 

 using artificial methods. 



In extremely hot weather, or in the bright sunshine, goslings 

 are liable to become sunstruck, and should be provided with shade 

 from the heat of the sun. 



Goslings require to be kept indoors, and on an earth floor, if 

 possible, and should be. provided with some kind of green food, as 

 chopped lettuce or cabbage. 



As the weather becomes warm, the goslings can be allowed 

 free access to water, in which they can swim if they choose, without 

 danger of getting chilled. 



While small, the young should be fed 4 or 5 times a day, and 

 when 10 days' old a little food may be put into the building when 

 they are shut up for the night. 



When the flight feathers of the wings have grown sufficiently 



