T HE Toulouse and the Embden are the most popular breeds of 
geese in this country. The Toulouse is the largest breed, the 
adult gander weighing 25 pounds and the goose 20 pounds. 
Geese can be raised in small numbers successfully and at a profit on 
many farms where there is low, rough pasture land containing a natural 
supply of water. 
They need a house only during cold or stormy weather, when an 
open shed should be provided. 
Large boxes, barrels, or shelters are provided as nests for geese, or 
they are allowed to make nests on the floor of the house. 
Adult geese should be fed for eggs about February 1, or so that the 
goslings will be hatched by the time there is good grass pasture. Feed 
a mash in the morning of equal parts by weight of corn meal, bran, 
and middlings, or low-grade flour, with 10 per cent of beef scrap, and 
give whole or cracked corn at night. 
Goslings should be fed a mash of 2 parts shorts and 1 part corn meal 
by weight, changing at the end of three weeks to equal parts shorts 
and corn meal, with 5 per cent each of beef scrap and grit. 
A fattening ration may be made of a mash of 1 part shorts and 2 
parts corn meal by weight, with 5 per cent of beef scrap, which is 
fed in the morning, while corn is fed at night. 
The period of incubation of goose eggs varies from 28 to 30 days. 
The first eggs usually are set under hens, while the last eggs which the 
goose lays may be hatched either under hens or under the goose if 
she becomes broody. 
Further information with regard to the setting of eggs, as well as 
other details of the management of geese, are given in this bulletin. 
