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The Chicks’ 
“Foolish” Period 
This period in chicks’ lives begins 
before their natural instincts de¬ 
velop and before they learn to select 
the right food for themselves. 
This is the serious time. Proper 
food in correct quantities must be 
provided. 
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BUTTERCUPS 
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1,336 Eggs from 8 Pullets! 
iu eight and a half months. Yes, that’s 
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Oic RURAL NEW-YORKER 
A good nearby market makes the cream 
worth as much a.s the whole milk, with 
the sepanited milk a convenient source 
of aniniiil food for the poultry. What 
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Shooting Migratory Birds 
We have many questions from readers 
who ask for the law regjirding migratory 
birds. They refer to waterfowl like wild 
ducks or geese, which fly up from the 
South in the Spring and hack in the Fall. 
The State claims the right to control or 
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range within its borders, but these mi¬ 
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the power to protect these birds, and the 
Agricultural Department has issued the 
following regulation: 
Tmder the Federal regulations there is 
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the United States on wjiterfowl and other 
migratory -game birds; the season for 
hunting is further restricted in various 
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()hio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, 
Kansas and Missouri is from September 
If) to December 31, inclusive, and it is 
unlawful to hunt or kill waterfowl iu 
those States at any other time. Per.sous 
committing violations of the I’egulations 
may he prosecuted at any time within 
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Care of Geese 
Would you inform me as to care and 
rai.sing of gees^? I have only been farin- 
iiig a year, and have absolutely no expe¬ 
rience with them. I am anxious to riiise 
as many as possible. How do you tell a 
goose from a gander? i, s. 
Canada, 
Geese need more range in order to do 
well than other domestic fowls. With a 
good grass range they can get their own 
living in Summer, although growing and 
fattening birds should have other feed. 
In Winter a dry shed that will protect 
them from wind and snow is all that is 
actually necessary. It is better to sep¬ 
arate the pens for breeding, giving not 
more than two geese to one gander. The 
mating is be.st done in Fall or early Win¬ 
ter, and the liirds put at once wliere the 
gf'cse are to have their nests. During the 
Winter gcc.se will thrive on wdiole corn, if 
that is aviiilahle. with whatever kitchen 
scraps or wa.ste fruit cannot be disposed 
of elsewhere. 
As the breeding season approaches the 
geese should have more of a variety of 
food. ^ An exelusive diet of corn at tliis 
time is liable to make them too bit. When 
the first,laying of eggs is liiiislied the 
goo.se will lay ii second if ])revented from 
sitiing. _ A third clutch caii often he ob¬ 
tained iu the same way. Tf a goose is 
allowed to sit she should he isolated frotn 
the othei’ birds. Goose eggs luitch in 
about four weeks. Frefiuently the gos¬ 
lings are two, and even four, days hiter in 
appearing. I’nless the eggs are lufini- 
festly rotten they should not be diLstroyed 
until they have all had time to hatch. 
A few days before the.v are due to luitch 
they should he dipped into hlood-warm 
water, 'riiis is moi a lu'cessiiry when they 
fire under hens than when under geese 
tluit luive access tO' wsiter. 
Goslings .should have access to short, 
tender grass from the beginning and 
should he fed ragularly with a mash com- 
liosed of a variety of ground grains, which 
can be changed gradually to cracked and 
whole grain from the age of eight weeks. 
Birds intended for the nuirket should be 
confined in small pens about two weeks 
before killing, and fed on mash consisting 
mostly or entirely of cornmeal. 
The sexes of geese c:innot he deter- 
miiif'd till they appi'oach maturity. ’I'lie 
Africans and Chinese are the earliest to 
he determined. The ganders are, as a 
rule, larger, with longer necks and more 
erect carriage. As they mature their 
voices differ, that of the ganders being 
the higher pitched. It is not so easy to 
distinguish the .sexes of Toulouse and 
Kmbden geese. The ganders usually are 
a little larger and with a more masculine 
appearance, but frequently mistakes in 
the sex of these two breeds are made until 
the breeding soiison. If you have had no 
experieime with ge'b.se begin slowly. You 
will be less likely to be disappointed, I 
think you will find more satisfaction iu 
keeping lutrcbred stock. It may be pi’ofit- 
ahle to cross two breeds in order to get 
birds for the market, hut the breeders 
should be purebred. Toulouse geese are 
the liirgest of the breeds. The Emhdens 
and Africans come next. w. ii, ii. 
Teacher : “What happens when a 
man’s temperature goes down as far as 
it can go?” Scholar: “Me has cold feet, 
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