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the weather becomes sufficiently mild to allow the young goslings 

 to be put out of doors. 



Goslings with a goose may be confined by three boards, 10x12 

 feet in length, and a foot wide, set upon edge, making a triangular 

 pen. This pen can be moved as frequently as the goslings eat up 

 the grass and require a new pasture. 



A good feed for young goslings is scalded, finely cracked Indian 

 corn, with a little sweet Indian meal or bran mixed with it. It 

 should not be wet and sticky, but just enough water should be added 

 to make the dough have a crumbly consistency. 



The old goose will seldom cause any trouble by deserting her 

 goslings. She should be placed a little distance from other geese, 

 and especially her mates, or they may cause trouble by jumping 

 into the pen with her, to the great danger of the goslings. 



After the goslings are 10 days' old, the goose and her flock 

 can be allowed to roam at will in a pasture with short grass, al- 

 though it is better that the goslings do not have an opportunity to 

 swim, as they are liable to become chilled by the cold water. 



Water should be provided the young gosling in a shallow dish, 

 in which a few pebbles or bits of coal have been placed, or some 

 other provision made to prevent the young goslings from getting 

 into the water, and getting the soft "down, with which they are 

 covered, wet, thereby becoming chilled. 



Some hens become restless on the nest, and are liable to kill 

 the young goslings by treading upon them. In such cases it is well 

 to give the goslings to a more quiet hen, or perhaps remove them to 

 a well-lined basket or box by the kitchen fire, where they can remain 

 during the day, to be returned to the hen at night. 



Goslings occasionally get "cast." That is, they fall upon their 

 backs by accident, and are unable to get up. A goose at such a time 

 has sufficient instinct to turn the goslings over with her bill, but 

 the hen fails to comprehend the necessity of this, and it is always 

 well for the attendant to count his goslings at every feeding time, 

 when, if one is missing, it may, pei-haps, be found alive, and re- 

 turned to the flock. 



It will sometimes happen that you will hatch and raise a gosling 

 with a broken wmg. It is no serious fault at all, only a misforma- 

 tion in the egg. Mr. Newman says if it is a nice, large, promising 

 bird do not kill it, nor be apprehensive that it will breed broken 

 winged birds, for it will not. If the looks of it be unpleasant to you, 

 take a sharp knife and sever the crooked part at the joint. Bandage 

 it and it will soon heal, and you will never note the difference after- 

 wards. You will generally 'find such to be the largest birds. 



Fattening. 



In Europe finely ground oats or barley mixed with milk is used 

 for fattening. 



When the weather is warm, goslings eat less, and consequently 

 fatten more slowly. 



Geese for fattening should be penned upon high, gravelly soil, 

 or land that will not become muddy in wet weather. 



