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to reach nearly to the tail, the goslings are ready to sell to the fat- 

 tener or to be penned up for fattening. 



When goslings are with a hen they should be given the same 

 opportunity to feed upon tender grass, which promotes their 

 growth more rapidly than anything else. 



It is best to give a fresh supply of bedding every day, as it 

 soon becomes soiled and wet, and young goslings are liable to con- 

 tract rheumatism from sleeping upon it. 



The Western Rural says that eggs fed to goslings should not 

 be boiled too hard; just so the yolk is sticky. 



Mr. Brabazon says if you want to teach a gosling to eat, you 

 must do so by throwing the food in water. 



At ID weeks' of age, or when the tips of the wings reach the 

 tail, young geese are ready for market and should weigh between 8 

 and 9 pounds. 



Goslings make the greater part of their growth upon grasses 

 or fodder plants, and can thus be more economically produced than 

 poultry which requires to be almost exclusively grain fed. 



J. R. Brabazon, of Delavan, Wis., says goslings will not eat for 

 the first three or four days. Then he gives them tender young let- 

 tuce or grass sprinkled in water. 



A New Jersey raiser feeds his young goslings johnny cake the 

 first two weeks. After that he feeds scalded shorts, bran and corn 

 meal, to which is added a liberal amount of ground beef scraps. 



In hatching goslings artificially, the first day or two the in- 

 cubator should have a temperature of 90 to 93, which may soon drop 

 to 80 to 85, according to the weather conditions. 



The building in which the young are confined should be pro- 

 vided with a sufficient supply of cut straw or hay to cover the floor, 

 and this should be frequently changed. 



When hatched they do not require feeding until they are 24 or 

 36 hours old. Oats may be sown in shallow boxes of earth, and 

 their tender blades make a good substitute for grass. 



One point should be remembered — the water dish should never 

 be allowed to become empty for any length of time, whether while 

 the goslings are small or at any time during their life. 



Goslings, while small, are covered with down, which seems to 

 have little power to shed water, and soon becomes wet, and the 

 goslings become chilled and soon die, unless thoroughly dried and 

 warmed. 



If the supply of grass or green food is scanty, the goslings 

 should be fed more frequently and a larger quantity, as goslings, to 

 be profitable must be kept growing from the time they are hatched 

 until sold. 



If the weather is pleasant the young should be given every op- 

 portunity to feed upon short, tender grass, and, if kept indoors by 

 severe storms, a few sods or bunches of short grass will be greedily 

 accepted. 



As a rule, goose breeders calculate to have the first goslings 

 hatched about the time the grass begins to grow in the spring and 



