1908. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
273 
TOULOUSE GEESE. 
The best and most profitable geese to 
raise are the Toulouse. They are of 
English origin, and are the most popular 
and profitable. Both male and female 
are very massive, and look so nearly 
alike that it is almost impossible for 
an inexperienced person to tell them 
apart. The bill, feet and legs are a 
dark orange color; head, neck and back 
a dark gray, and the under part of the 
body is white or grayish white. They 
are very stately in appearance, and are 
one of the most beautiful water fowls. 
Toulouse geese live to be very old; 
some breeders report them living and 
doing well at the 7ige of 30 years. To 
raise this variety of geese is very profit¬ 
able. If they have plenty of grass dur¬ 
ing the Summer they do not require 
any grain, and in Winter they are very 
small feeders. The feathers are very 
profitable; they may be picked four 
times during the Summer and each one 
will yield two pounds of feathers, which 
are worth in the market about $1.50. 
The young are very easy to raise, and 
if let run with the old birds they need 
very little care. The standard weight 
when fully matured is 20 pounds. They 
are a dry land goose and all the water 
Proportion of Butter Fat. 
A neighbor and myself have been ship¬ 
ping cream, what the dealer calls 20-pound 
cream, that is 20 pounds of butter in 40 
quarts, or a can of cream. What per cent 
cream would it take to make the 20 pounds 
of butter? j. i. w. 
Susquehanna Co., Pa. 
In 20 pounds of butter there are 17 
pounds of butter fat. Therefore the 
question is, what per cent of the total 
weight of cream is 17? As cream 
varies in weight with its quality, we will 
assume that the 40-quart can weighs 
SO pounds; 17 is 21% per cent of 80, 
so your cream would be 21% per cent 
butter fat. If, however, your cream 
weighs 85 pounds to the can, it must be 
just 20 per cent butter fat, as 17 is 20 
per cent of 85. c. s. greene. 
Dishorning a Bull. 
I have an 18-months bull and wish to 
remove iiis horns. Is there any chemical 
process for so doing? If not, what is the 
best way, and precautions to be taken; 
Connecticut. b. l. p. 
There is no chemical process for dis¬ 
horning an animal of this age. Neither 
is it advisable to dishorn a bull before 
he has learned to use his horns, as ex¬ 
perience has taught us that a bull is 
much safer to handle when he is dis¬ 
horned at 1% to two vears old. At this 
A FLOCK OF TOULOlJSE GEESE. 
they need is for drinking purposes. As 
a rule geese are very healthy and sel¬ 
dom die of disease. Anyone that wants 
to go into the poultry business for profit 
should give the Toulouse geese a trial. 
Ohio. EMANUEL SCHIEUER. 
Tales by Hen Men. 
I notice “W. S. G." asks who can show 
time he beins to feel that he is “lord 
of creation,” but he suddenly changes 
his mind when deprived of his weapons 
of defence. The only precautions to take 
are that he is thrown carefully on a 
soft place, and tied securely. You can 
then saw his horns off quickly close to 
his head without any danger whatever 
It is not necessary to apply anything 
after the operation unless, in fly time a 
little pine tar would keep the flies away. 
a better laying record than his Leghorn 
hens made. I will give him one to con¬ 
sider. My pen of 15 Buff Orpington pul¬ 
lets hatched April 15 laid 102 eggs in De¬ 
cember, 263 in January, 294 in February 
(up to and including February 26), besides 
a few in November. I will guarantee these 
were also much larger eggs than his, weigh¬ 
ing from 28 to 31 ounces per dozen. Sold 
in January at 40 cents a dozen. Who can 
beat this. ’ w.. h. i. 
Langhorne, Pa, 
I have 130 Rhode Island Red pullets, 
hatched in April and May. I keep them in 
a house 15x30. They laid in November 119 
dozen eggs, average price, 46 cents; De¬ 
cember 193 dozen, average price, 40 cents; 
January, 199 dozen, average price 34 
cents. H. u. b. 
Taunton, Mass. 
C. S. G. 
Ration for Jersey Cows. 
I have two grade Jerseys; can you give 
combination feed from shredded fodder, 
clover hay, eommeal (either cob and all or 
straight), bran, middlings, linseed meal? 
I cannot get gluten meal. e. e. s. 
Grand Junction, Mich. 
From the feeds you mention I have 
compounded the following ration which 
is suitable for grade Jerseys in full flow 
of milk. 
DIGESTIBLE. 
I)li\ T)Dm'L' i v 
FEED 
DRY 
MATTER 
PROTEIN 
C'AEB. 
12 lbs. clover hay. 
..10.164 
.8856 
5.0664 
10 lbs. shredded corn f’dr. 5.78 
.23-1 
3.492 
2 lbs. cornmeal. 
.1252 
1.4632 
2 lbs. linseed meal O.P 
.. 1.810 
.5752 
.9738 
3 lbs. wheat bran. 
.. 2.055 
.3603 
1.4343 
2 lbs. middlings. 
.. 1.68 
.2558 
1.215 
23.795 
2.4361 
13.6447 
Nutritive Ratio. 
...1:5.6 
W. S. G. gives a “hen record,” and asks 
if anyone can give a better month's work. 
I think I can. His pullets gave him 13 
eggs each. I have a pen of 21 pullets 
I cannot tell just how old, as I bought 
them, but I think hatched as early as 
April or the first of May. They? gave me 
an average of 1914 eggs each in January. 
M*y pen of 41 old hens gave me 10 *4 each 
in January. Then I have a pen of 13 
“babies,” we call them, very late pullets, 
that, are giving me at the rate of 13% 
each for February. c. H. H. 
Barre, Mass. 
This is very nearly a balanced ration, 
and will produce good results when 
properly used, although the best results 
cannot be expected without some suc¬ 
culent feed like silage, roots or green 
feed of some kind. The corn fodder 
and hay should be divided into three 
feeds and fed morning, noon and night. 
The grain should all be mixed together 
and divided into two feeds a day, morn¬ 
ing and night, of course varying the 
quantity for each cow according to the 
amount of milk she is giving. 
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