The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
The Care of Geese 
I have a piece of wet land which I 
think of making into a pasture for geese, 
ft' I put lime on it can 1 raise Alfalfa? 
How many geese to the acre? Can the 
<'gge be hatched in incubators, and w.iat 
is the best way to handle the young gos- 
1'ngs? j. n. 
Delaware. 
You speak of putting lime on the wet 
patch of land, which might be good 
preparation for Alsike. if it seems to be 
a little too wet for Alfalfa. If you can 
get a good stand of Alfalfa, that will 
furnish you the best kind of pasture for 
geese, and on that you might be able to 
keep MO or 40 geese, possibly even as 
many as 50, if the pasture is extra good. 
If you wish to feed'gome grain even more 
might be kept. If you are unable to get 
any crop to catch, they might do well on 
the weeds alone, but, of course, you could 
not keep so many. I have never had 
them eat burdock, although they might 
if there wore nothing else. We figure 
that each goose will pay from $5 to $10 
profit each year, depending on the dis¬ 
posal of the eggs and the cost of feed. 
I never advise anyone to hatch the eggs 
in an incubator, although they will hatch 
if no hens can be obtained. The incu¬ 
bator does not give sufficient moisture, 
and either duck or goose eggs will hatch 
only a small per cent, and the little fel¬ 
lows are not so strong. I always raise 
without a mother, because I want the 
geese to lay, and the goslings will not 
mind the call of a hen very well; hence, 
they are almost as safe without her. They 
do not wander like ducklings. At night 
l put them in a box with a jug of warm 
water in the center, and cover all warmly. 
I like to have the eggs hatch in the 
Spring, when the grass is green and ten¬ 
der, yet when the weather is settled and 
warm enough so they can be out each 
day. With our climate, May seems to be 
the best month, although one can raise 
them almost at any time from March to 
August if special care is given. 
Any fencing which is firm and tight 
near to the ground will do very well. 
They will crawl through if there are 
holes near the ground, but we have never 
had them try to fly over. If the fencing 
were 2% ft. high, it would probably keep 
them without any trouble. It is not 
necessary to give them water to swim in, 
although they will lay and grow better if 
they can have it. They should have 
plenty to drink, and deep enough so they 
can wash out their eyes. A low shed, 
large enough so they will not be crowded, 
will do very well for shelter. It should 
not be too warm, just warm enough to 
keep them from freezing their feet. They 
will not go in at all if given their own 
way, but should be driven in on cold 
nights. If they have a wind-break and 
some dry straw on which to sit, they will 
probably go through the Winter very well 
without a special house. 
MARIE BETTS. 
eats accidentally left in rooms being dis¬ 
infected with it have been found dead 
after the process, I think it perfectly safe I 
s ay that it is quite capable of destroy- i 
ing animal life when used in sufficient 
concentration. Formaldehyde is a gas; 
a 40 per cent solution of this gas in water 
becomes the ordinary formalin of com- 
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Raising Canaries 
Is it easy to raise canaries? A friend 
gave me two, and I would like to mate 
them and try to raise some little ones. 
Is there a certain time of year to mate 
them ? M a 
Portland, Me. 
Tim first thing always for a breeder 
who is just beginning is to write to the 
I . S. Department of Agriculture for the 
free Farmers’ Bulletin No. 770, entitled 
f ananes. Their ( are and Management." 
The second is to be sure that your birds 
are not too closely related. An acquaint¬ 
ance who has just bought a young male 
and a young female was warned not to 
try to mate them because the birds were 
at least cousins.” 
Raising canaries should not be hard 
work if you have a quiet place for them 
to breed, and min give them the necessary 
daily care. Two successful breeders in 
a neighboring town are blind; that is 
rhe woman is completely sightless, but the 
man can see a little with one eye. They 
know the birds apart by their voices, and 
have names for each. Upstairs in their 
house is a large, quiet room used for the 
breeding place. Young birds hang in the 
(lining room and take turns going in the 
kitchen, where live the older birds who 
teach young males to siug. The birds are 
all pets and like to be petted. Anyone 
to be a successful breeder of birds should 
be very fond of canaries. 
The breeding season begins properly in 
March. Some birds show signs of want- 
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Baby CHICKS 
from High Record Sires 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS 
Illustrated Circular 
| MARVIN T. FORSTER, Hall, N.Y. 
atching__ 
Barron’siS. C. W.Leghorns - ffo loo 
Shopperd s ,s. O. Anroims . I •> „ or 
Tolman’s White Rocks _ 15 per loo 
Baby chicks and stock for sale 
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Cure for Roup 
Will you advise me as to the following 
method advocated for curing colds—roup 
~ m poultry? This consists of saturating 
about, live ounces of permanganate of pot¬ 
ash with formaldehyde and confining the 
vapor in a tightly closed building where 
birds are housed. This is a new idea in 
this section. Our local druggists do not 
sooiii to know whether the chemical action 
would produce a poisonous or non-poison- 
ous vapor. Could the result, of this mix¬ 
ture have any curative properties for 
cases as mentioned? li. z. E 
Vineland. N. J. 
The setting free of formaldehyde vapor 
by adding a quantity of formalin to crys¬ 
tals of permanganate of potash in an 
open A*ssel is one of the modern methods 
of disinfection of rooms, and perhaps the 
most effective one where conditions are 
such that the gas can be closely confined 
over a sufficiently long period of time. I 
do not know of its use iu treating colds 
and roup of fowls, but should experiment 
with it very carefully. The vapor set 
free is very irritating to the nose and 
eyes, and I should expect it to be exceed¬ 
ingly painful to the birds if used in any 
considerable strength. Curiously enough, 
there seems to be some dispute among 
nnfbnvHipg to its poisonous properties 
wlmn inhaled by animate, but as dogs and 
. -- v/n vvtiUL- 
mg to mate before. It is usually well to 
wait for these signs. You know how a 
wild bird (male) acts. Use a large cage 
new to both if you can ; it is better if it 
has a eliding partition in the middle. 
When the male begins to feed the female 
through the bars it is safe to remove the 
partition. When the female acts as if 
she wanted to build a nest tie an earthen¬ 
ware nest pan an inch below one of the 
perches and give her bits of cotton so she 
can line it. When the eggs are laid take 
them out one at a time iu a teaspoon and 
put m a dish of cornstarch in a cool 
place. This prevents breakage, and they 
will hatch together if put back in the 
nest after the last one is^ laid. 
During the two weeks of incubation 
disturb the female as little as you pos¬ 
sibly can. Take the male out of the cage 
it he bothers her. Change the sand trav 
every other day at least, give fresh food 
and water daily, and necessary chance 
for bathing. 
Give the parents egg food as soon as 
the birds are paired, and at intervals of 
three days, when mother is incubating. 
Rgg food is made by chopping a hard- 
boiled egg with an equal quantity of un¬ 
salted bread or cracker crumbs. Seed 
and water as usual and an occasional bit 
of apple or lettuce are needed for older 
birds. Feed only what ■‘toft food will he 
eaten up clean . 
. Give babies egg yolk the first day, add¬ 
ing bread crumbs gradually. The third 
day they can have ordinary egg food. 
W hen they are four or five days old they 
may have a bit of green food. They 
must have soft food and stay in the cage 
with their parents until they can crack 
seed for themselves. 
Don t lot the mother bathe from the 1 
time the young hatch until they are three j 
or four days old. The bulletin will tell 
you a great deal more, or you can write 
again if you have an especial trouble. 
Good luck to you. EDNA S. KNAPP. 
Pine Hurst Poultry Farm Pnr, p * n ' ul 
Breeder of Ban-on pedigreed S.C. \V. i eghornaand 
White Wyandottes. Bonking orders for Hatching 
Eggs and Baby C'liix . Write for mating list. 
White LEGHORN EGGS 
liens mated to Cockerels. JI- althy. rang*- bred. Bicr 
flnclr record*. ,1. E. Kf i; R A V, Jlorlches, New York 
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WWUlVEIltLO TrapnesiedlM-it,-Leghorns. P i.,» 
<“ apiece. Circular. SAMVEL II. KOSLIN. New City, n.Y. 
100 S. C. White Leghorn Pullets 
Apnl hatched. each. 100 liens, each 20 S C Black 
Minorca pulleis, lj*8 *-aeh. H. W. ANDERSON, Stewaruionn P, 
150 PCHORN PULLETS at a bargain. 
IJU March hutch. I ORES l FARM, Rockaway, X. J. 
Barron * 2 *\^ rn * s « Yearn,.*,. 
13 4- by - C XI ICKS 
Superlative quality. < hix nt reasonable prices. Prompt 
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_ DOVER, N. J. 
DAY-OLD CHICFS 
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Barred Rock Cockerels r 
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Buff Orpington Cockerels 
*8.50 to #5. 
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wJ?iL^ ite u I ; eSrh< ? , ' nK - S - Brown Leghorns, Band 
Kooks. Send for circular. II. Ma her. Milford, \ J. 
Choice Pure Bred Poultry 
Chickens, Ducks. Geese, Turkeys, Guinea Pigs and 
Dogs^ Price list tree. Fine Illustrated and Descrip¬ 
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Silver Camoines Pel ? ,,f ,en . fl nehcn 8 
cockerel, #30. M, 
Buff Rocks Cockerels, Pullets. Hens and Pens. 
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Pearl Guineas », 
Toulouse Gooaa Eggs SSHttSTiiH "ttLSVB* 
Pure-Bred Mammoth Bronze Turkpv? Satisfaction 
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EVERLAY Brown Leghorns 
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R. I. Reds, White Rocks—JZ7.50 pei-,100 or J250 per 
1.000. White Wyandottes—*30 per 100. Prom stock 
whose layingqualities are constantly improved by 
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R A RY rHirif C 11 bre edsto select from. 
5*5“-*®* Ve-** ® V/ *». 3 Prices reasonable. 
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White W yandotte Cockerels * 0 % 
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c « e 
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Cortland, New York 
Imported Barron S. C. White Leghorn 
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Feather Eating 
Will you give a remedy for to stop 
chickens from feather eating? ir. r. 
I know of no remedy for feather eating 
other than to supply the fowls with meat 
food, iu the form of beef scrap or fresh- 
cut bone ; give them shell and grit, a well- 
balanced ration, and plenty to do. Idle¬ 
ness and close confinement lie at the bot¬ 
tom of most of these vicee. A deep litter 
in which to scratch for grain and an 
outdoor run, or entire liberty out of 
doors, will help more than anything else. 
A habit of (his kind, once acquired, is 
sometimes a hard tiling to break up. how¬ 
ever. and it is best to try to forestall it 
by the measures suggested above. • 
M. b. d. 
Do you believe in transmigration of 
souls? asked the man with the check 
suit. ’’< ertainly,” replied his more so a :- 
companion. with side whiskers. 
>> hy . Nothing,” answered the check- 
oml man. “Rut it savs here that there 
are birds in Africa with bills a yard 
long! “yell, what about them?” de¬ 
manded the sidewbiskered man. “Oh I 
was just wondering if those birds are not 
the spirits of departed plumbers.”—New 
York Globe. 
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( ole & STUART Builders of BETTER UTILITY 
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S. C. R. I. R E D S 
Libert’s 231 to 289-egg strain. Eggs, #12 per 100. Un- 
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per 100. ANNA M. JON ES. Craryville. New York 
fiAflorok ^ • Reds, #3 itiirl #3.50. 
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pedigrees 280-288 
:gus SUPPLIED 
i males head part of our matings, 
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^ ,’ R ” ^*-ED COCKERELS 
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iiauuiid Exinbition and Breed- 
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Belgian Hares 
Young and matured ; from pedigreed and registered 
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aack Siberian Hares ‘zz 
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