Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-03

anybody or anything to frighten them.
1t is the undue exercise that exhausts
the flesh and no: the exercise they
take for their own pleasure. AS have
stated, keep them quite hungry LOT
five days, then increase their feed, be-
ing very careful not to overfeed them.
and you will be surprised at the amount
OF fat they will lay on. The time re.
CURED to fatten duck should not ex-
coed fourteen days. AS soon as they
get fat they will commence shedding
their feathers. Then pick out the fatt-
est and dress them, as they will get
full Of pin-feathers in three days. II
dressed at the right time the feathers
will pull out very easily. II picked too
soon they will be very tight and likely
to fetch the skin along; while II too
late the pin-feathers will be very nu-
merous. They must be shaved.
shoemaker's knife with a quite narrow
blade Is the best. Grind 1t very thin
half way to the back, then use razor
strop and keep 1t sharp enough to shave
with. II the pin feathers are cut close
to the skin they will not injure the
sale in the least. have reference to
dry picking OF course the pin-feathers
can be pulled out when they are scald-
ed. though 1t will pay to always dry
pick as you cannot hold scalded stock.
while dry picked stock will keep In
definitely, which means great deal
when the market Is overstocked: and
will sell for enough more at any time
to pay for the extra trouble.
Tho GoAse.
No fowl can be reared with as much
profit and with SO little care as the
goose. After they have attained the
age of four months but little attention
is required other than supplying plenty
| of fresh water, a good grass range and
| scrupulously dry roosting place,
whuch must also be free from lice and
other vermin fatal to the young. says
| Fancier's Review. If it Is impossible to
provide free range, the next best sub
stitute is wire netting. which need be
but about 18 inches high to conflns
them until mature. Give them fresh
water twice each day, also green food
such as turnip tops, celery and cabbage
| or allow them free range morning and
| evening. There Is no doubt that there
| is profit in goose culture. When
Thanksgiving time arrives you can
generally dispose Of the young goslings
at ten cents per pound, and their aver
age weight will be about ten pounds.
Suppose, for instance. you have twelve
"gooselets" at 81 each. the receipts
from the sale would be $12 and the cost
| of feed has been but trifle. 1t is safe
to say that your profit will have been
$40 on the transaction. OF course they
cannot always be disposed Of at 81 each
but on the other hand the price is often
more than dollar, hence we take it as
q basis on which to figure. We doubt
If fancy fowls would pay better. con-
sidering, Of course, that we always have
a ready market for our geese. BY cross
ing a China gander on Toulouse geese
large coslings are obtained. quick te
grow. nicely marked with medium
length necks, yellow bills and remark
ably easy to domesticate. My expert
ence has clearly demonstrated that the
rearing Of geese should be done entirely
separate from the rearing OF fowls. AZ
the old and young Of both are naturally
inclined to be pugnacious. especially
so after the young are about hal
grown.
We favor Matching by hens, remark.
the Fancier's Review, giving four eggs
to each. and after one month the atten
ton of biddy is no longer necessary
Late in the season IL females are plenty
we allow the goose to hatch her younf
and we give each a clutch of ten eggs
This number is sufficient for safety
If too large a number is placed under
the goose some are liable to be broken
Geese are easily and profitubiy raised
IN the South. They are experts in rid
ding a cotton field OF grass.
New Poultry Houses.
II is often more work to fix up pcul
try house than to build a new one. TX
attempt to work over one that has III
end of projections and cross beams
ia discouraging in the extreme. Cracks
here and there admit the air and ar,
difficult to effectually stop. We saw
such a house last winter. where tn,
owner had attempted to paper up tn,
oner.ures by which the wintry blast
found access. lie had used felt pape-
Mailing il on over the joists and leayin,
a dead-air space between the paper ant
tho boards. This had apparently bee,
nj, right for a time, till the hens got t,
owing against it and thus tearing i
srom the joists. The tacks held on I,
tho wood all right. but the paper wa
simply pulled over the heads. So W,
sav that new houses are desirable
where they can be secured. Matche,
| 60, b,,ilIiOu will dor, hi 1<cc .,