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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 20, 
GEESE. 
Geese are a profitable asset on a farm. 
They eat very little grain and live al¬ 
most entirely upon grass. A ready mar¬ 
ket is always found during Thanksgiv¬ 
ing and Christmas weeks. They are 
very hardy and stand the rigors of a 
severe climate. It is a fact not gener¬ 
ally known that the majority of geese 
that supply the Boston market come 
from Prince Edward Island, Nova 
Scotia, and New Brunswick. The cli¬ 
mate in these provinces is very cold in 
Winter. An enterprising poultry dealer 
in Boston for years has many carloads 
of geese bought and shipped to his large 
farm in Mansfield. Mass. When the 
writer visited the farm he saw 9000 
geese. Toulouse, African, but the greater 
number were a cross between the wild 
goose and African. The geese are 
brought here in September and October 
and kept until Christmas. One man 
cares for the whole flock. They are fed 
twice daily on a mash of cornmeal 
mixed with water. Sometimes whole or 
cracked corn is substituted for the mash. 
A brook and an artificial pond supply 
them with water. Three or four times 
a week a supply of geese are killed, 
packed in crates, and sent to the market 
stall in Boston. This goes on until the 
last goose is sold. Twenty-five cents is 
the average profit cleared on each goose. 
Very little shelter is supplied, and the 
geese never seem to mind changes in 
the weather. When a carload arrives 
in Mansfield the crates are opened and 
the geese driven to the farm, a mile 
distant. 
Every year hundreds of people visit 
this farm, which is the largest goose 
farm in America. John, the old Irish¬ 
man, with a barrel of mash rigged be¬ 
tween two wheels,' is always on duty at 
feed time, and will not allow visitors 
in the fields at such times, though at 
any other time he is glad to show visi¬ 
tors around. The hospital yard brings 
forth his tears as he points out geese 
which were injured in their long jour¬ 
ney to the farm. The fields are sepa¬ 
rated into yards of 20 acres by wire 
netting, and the entire farm is enclosed 
with the same kind of fencing. A car¬ 
load of grain is consumed in a week. 
Several pickers are employed to dress 
and pack the geese for shipment. This 
Boston dealer has built up a large trade 
by the reputation of these down-east 
geese. Thus it is proved that there is a 
demand for geese in the markets, and 
for this reason more could be profitably 
kept on a farm. 
The eggs can be set under hens and 
the goslings brought up by mother hens, 
or brought up by mother goose. The 
goslings are quite delicate when young, 
and need good care and proper food. 
As soon as they are six or eight weeks 
old they commence to subsist on grass 
alone, and from that time on they are 
easily cared for. They should be given 
free range in a large yard or pasture 
where they can get plenty of grass. 
Plenty of water should always be pro¬ 
vided unless the geese have access to a 
stream or pond. Shelter may be pro¬ 
vided but after the geese are half grown 
it is unnecessary. Two weeks before 
marketing them, they should be fed all 
the cornmeal mash they will eat or 
whole or cracked corn. Geese should 
be picked dry. The feathers are very 
valuable for beds, pillows, etc. The 
geese that are to be kept over for breed¬ 
ing stock can be kept in a pen in the 
barn like sheep. Hay and water should 
be supplied and a little corn once a day. 
Geese are so cheaply raised and kept 
and command so good a price in the 
market it is a wonder that more are not 
kept upon the farm for profit. 
New Hampshire. A. g. symonds. 
R. N.-Y.—The picture shown at Fig. 
69 shows a flock of geese owned by 
E. Schieber, of Ohio. These geese 
were hatched in 1908. 
Wind Power for Pumping 
I note the discussion about windmills. 
I have one located about 40 feet from 
my spring, pumping water about 500 
feet to a reservoir at a height of 50 feet. 
This reservoir is 20 feet long, eight 
feet wide and eight feet deep. It is 
dug out of the ground; the sides, top 
and bottom are of concrete. The sides 
are from three to six inches thick, and 
were made by using the earth bank 
and two-inch 2x4, 2x6 or 2x8 hemlock 
joists on the inside and held in place 
by six posts on each side. I used only 
enough joists to do one day’s filling, 
and they were moved up each morning 
until the top was reached. The top is 
5^2 inches thick, in an arch having 18 
inches raise at the center, and -e- 
en forced with eight old Avagon tires 
embedded in the concrete. This reser¬ 
voir holds about 10,000 gallons, and I 
believe would last for the house use 
about three months, so you see how 
seldom we Avould have to pump. I 
pump about one day once a month, so 
as to keep the reservoir full. This 
reservoir cost about one hundred dol¬ 
lars, and I did it myself with the aid 
of three unskilled workmen. Whether 
you use wind or other power depends 
solely on storage capacity, which few 
of us make large enough. I am think¬ 
ing of building another reservoir to 
use for spraying purposes only, as I 
use for this purpose 1,000 gallons a 
d ay. a. l. towson. 
Maryland. 
Rabbits for Chicken Feed. 
What is the matter with rabbits weigh¬ 
ing six to seven pounds apiece, costing five 
cents, for chicken feed? G . g. b. 
Lakin, Kan. 
We can see nothing the matter with 
such chicken feed except the price. In our 
country such rabbits would he worth 50 
cents or more, and thus out of sight for 
chickens. In the neighborhood of our 
farm we have three hunters for one rab- I 
A FLOCK OF OHIO GEESE. Fig. 69. 
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