The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-03-23
AGRICULTURAL.


The following aftlcle on pleeui'5
rom gentleman near Boston, who has bred
ne Bremen geese over 90 years with eminent
success. His remarks will apply 10 any breed
If geese.
The Bremen goose incl:nes 70 laying in the
after mart of February, which Is earlier than
a desirable in this latitude. To give TIE
young ones fair play, it is not best that hatch
~ should be finished before the first Of June.
Ny mode in reference to this. is as follows:
The whole Of the breeding stock. male and
smale, are put into dark room-say about
he Goth of February, and kept there TIL about
nc 10Th of April While shut up they are
yell fed once a day corn. and always al
1wed sufficient water to drink. Once week
aey are allowed TO go out for an hour to wash
nd plume themselves, aud are then shut up
gain While thus confined they loose the
aclination to breed and 90 not resume it
ybile they are shut up, but in eight or ten
avs after they set at liberty the DISPOSE
ion returns, and they commence laying.
| have my goslings mostly brought GU, on
he same day This is done by mode
fhich may be described as follows: In 1910
{ Lad four ganders and ten geese for breeding
purposes. At that time | had thirty mich
,ows in one stable, the large door of which
oened on the farm lane. Directly in front
this door, were the boxes nests in which
ne geese laid their eggs. The man who bad
barge of the cows also had charge Of the
zeese. and he worked by the following in
5 ructions: First-The geese were carefully
and properly fed Secoud-The eggs were
} be remov dfrom the nest every day. in the
most gentle manner, and placed in basket Of
eotton which was kept in a moderate tempe
allure. and free from dampness. When all
lhe geese had begun to set, each was furnish
d with nest composed Of chopped straw.
and care was taken that the nest sufE
GENTLY capacious The eggs were then pla-
led in the nest, and the goose allowed TO sit
5n them.
Strict attention was enjoined on the attend
ant not to permit more than one Of the geese
. leave her eggs at a time. As soon as she
caves the nest she makes cackling noise, and
his was to be the signal for the man to go and
shut up the boxes in which the remainder
were sitting; consequently, VIXEN the goose
returned, she found only her own box open.
As soon as she entered. the whole Of the doors
we're again opened, and the same rule was OBJ
served throughout her period of Matching. In
following this management, every goose was
kept on its own nest. There were one hun
bred and twenty eggs set altogether twelve
70 each of the ten geese before mentioned; and
Al the end of four weeks, which is the usual
period OF incubation, there were eighty weight
goslIngs produced in one day, and they form
cd beautiful sight.
When first hatched. the gosings are of a
very tender and delicate constitution. My
general practice is to let them remain in the
box where they are hatched for twenty four
hours after they leave the shell; but this
should be regulated by the weather. which if
fairand warm. may justify letting the goslings
out an hour or two in the middle of the day,
when they may wet their bills and nibble at
The grass They ought not TO be let out in
the rain at any time during the first month, A
very shallow pool, dug in the yard, with
bucket or two Of water in it. TO meet the tenn
porary purposes of bathing is sufficient du
ring the period.
Nv practice Of feeding is not to give the
goslings any grain whatever. after they are
four days old. until snow falls. when they re-
quire to be fed on corn for time. Ii. how
ever, they were well fed on grain from the
time they were Matched. they might weigh
from four to seven pounds more than by leav
ing them to grass feeding alone. BY feeding
,hem till four days old. and then literally
SEEDING them to grass, mine have averaged
rom seventeen to eighteen pounds EACH at
eight months old. after the feathers have been
picked off. l have doubt that twenty
eeding with grain.
The breeding boxes mentioned above, are
made something like dog kennel. with roof
pitched both ways. They are 30 inches long
By % inches wide, and are "a inches in height.
The door is in the end. and is covered by a
sliding pannel. which moves up when ingress
or egress is sought and may be shut down at
pleasure. For the first month the geese and
I,oslings are all shut in the boxes at night, in
order to protect them against rain and animals
which prey on them.
Having had these geese from Bremen.
ave always called them after that place. but
English writers call them "Embden Geese =
have already stated that l was the first i'm
porter of these geese. 1t is certain that had
hem several years prior to the time when Mr..
James SiSson. of Rhode Island. imported his;
and since 1891. have furnished the breed 10
parties residing in almost every State IN the
Union. and also in Canada and Nova Scotia.
Ny charge is uniformly FIVE dollars each.
SAMUEL JAQUEs.