Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-02-23

| ing weight at DutcnerliS Illnes De-
sides which you will sell more or less
for breeders at fancy prices. The
Toulouse is probably as good as any
breed. being hardy and good layers.
The best range is afforded by large
field. consisting for the most part OF
low. springy land. where the grass
starts early. and is always fresh, ten
der and abundant-such land as is UNI
| fit for any thing but pasturage. Grass
| is their chief article of dict They
must not, however. be confined en-
tirely to wet land. Some dry ground
is essential; and in particular must
they have dry sleeping quarters. A
pond or stream of fresh water must
be accessible at all times.
Breeding geese should not be too fat.
They require in spring little feed other
than grass.
With goslings, best success is at
tanned where they are raised without
the mother goose. When four weeks
old they may be turned into the past
urage, with but little food and but lit
tie further attention. Grass seems to
be their natural food. and that on
which they thrive best. Indeed. sue
cess with goslings will probably be in
about the same ratio as the ability to
furnish an abundance of tender grass.
4 little cornmeal is imperative the
first few days, OF until they are able
to pull the grass easily. Again when
feathering moderate feeding will be
advantageous. They may be raised
with the goose, with Il hen. or without
either.
A goose will lay from twenty-five
to thirty eggs. Part of them should
be set under hens and the lest under
the goose. Do not allow the goslings
full liberty with the goose when
young, as the weaker ones can not
stand so much rambling as she will
indulge in. They must. at first. be
confined in movable yards. AS they
grow stronger let them roam at will.
When put in market they should
weigh twenty pounds each.
The buildings for geese may be of
the most inexpensive kind. D. Ftero,
IN Farm and Firesi idle.
DEAOII CI0AHeI ES.
Boards of Health Should Take Measures
Against Their Consumption.
While the war has ragged with vary
ing fortune over the question of to-
bacco from the issuance of King
James counterblast to the present
time. no defender of the Indian weed
has been found who would venture to
assert that it is innoXious to youths
and children. On the contrary, all
writers who have studied the ques-
ton agree that the effect of tobacco,
and especially of cigarettes, is uni
formly injurious to the young. and
that under no conceivable conditions
can it be harmless to them- 1t has
been demonstrated that tobacco
checks the physical growth of chill
dren, clouds their minds and impairs
their intellects. and develops kind
of heart trouble which often re-
suits fatally. So we'll is this
known and understood that cali
didates for admission to the
United States military or naval acad-
emv are now examined with special
reference to disorders produced by
cigarette-smoking, and a large pro-
portion of those who are rejected owe
their failure to pass the physical ex-
animation to the injurious and func-
tionaI disorders caused by cigarettes.
1t is no uncommon thing nowadays
to see children scarcely out of dresses
putting at 4 cigarette with all the nom
oh n;
cites, too. as they generally are. The
babies means are so limited that they
can buy nothing but the cheapest and
vilest kinds of cigarettes, such as no
man who knows any thing about to-
bacco would look at, much less smoke;r
and with these indescribab IDLY nasty
connections these youngsters proceed
to poison themselves. San Francisco
Chronicle.