The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-30

Summer Cares m Geese

nnSS SHoulu nave access to plenty Of
green forage, plenty or water to drink,
me adult birds needHuu shelter ana
Gan l1'Fe on grass alone. but ,thev rel.f
1e1l d httle grain and should he fed
a smala quantity at 1oaae -,nae "a ad.,,-,
AC nIeat is good tihne, after. the
on1cSezas and turkeys have sought
enelr perches. In late> summer or
early fail if the drouth dries up, the
sss geese need a littla more, grain.l
eone' m'tst gauge the feed: by the quaint:
1ey anH succulency Of the forage,
who're corn will do very~weH ,fon, the
sEsaan; dhat is all we uses>
An adult goose seldom. dies <o6 any,
SICKNESS True, the very, old: birds
ofpp oda, but the per cent of:loss lis re-
markah1y~ small with any reasonable
care: The flock must be. fed gpain,
a1d' vegetables, clover orrfodderr dun.
ing The winter and early spring, be-
4la'e' enere is green forage: The, breed
ing olBus should be mateay one. male
az rpoaa one to three females. We
gu" uhe different matinga.in: separate
oos, ks1t they will do very. we'll in
aocks OK ten to fifteen Birds Itris
natural for geese to choose but, one
mate, hence we must nos, ATTEMPT to
maze ONE male take too many females
or we will not get the best: results.
geese eour experience has been alto
ge1her with the pure bned Toulouse)
commence to lay early in March,, in
OUT climate, time depending; on
Weaeher conditions. A. little straw
thrown around in odd corners will
furnish nesting for the. geese. The
female makes no attempt to hide her
NEST or Sink away to- it; She SITS on
LII In full view, but she. covers I'D, the
eggs. Robbing her nest, has no. effect
On her, she will not change; she. lays
ABOUT every 36 hours. The. eggs
should be gathered soon after laying,
early IN the season; ar they will get
chilled. Set them ON end in. a. box of
saWdust or excelsiozr in the oellar; or
some cool place (nG& too, ooldp,. and
Keep till ready to sea. Some turn the
eggs daily, but wa. do not if they are
10 be Kept only a. reasonable time. We
set them under chicken hens, and rear
the goslings with same hens. Thew
match in % to, 80 days.. if eggs are.
Kept warm enough % days is sufi-
clent. The little goslingsr should not
be fed till they are 48 to. IL hours old;
1t is no harm to let them nip, a little
grass or green vegetable tops earlier,
as this will not hurt them. For the
hrst week or two feed three. or four
times day on little com bread
soaked and crumbledl or little chick
1000 made into a mash same as for
young chicks. At first they are very
DAINTY and eat very little, but in
Two or three weeks they are quite
ravenous~ Always give plenty of
drinking water, but not to swim in.
Keep them dry; see that they have a
eood warm coop with dry board
moor and that they are shut up warm
and snug at night. After they are ten
Gays old they can be let range about
on grass with their mother whether
she be goose or hen) or they can be
raised in small board pens by moving
them when forage becomes short.
After about three weeks a mash of
corn meal, a small quantity of mid
dlngs or bran or both is good addi-
ton to the meal and will make
good grain food; feeding two or three
times day, according to size and
the ability of the gosling to get for
age. Remember gosling is helpless
and tender till it gets it's feathers.
but with good care and feed every lit
tie downy bird can be raised, and
after they are three or four weeks
Old, one can feed them and rush
growth to his hearts content, provid-
ing water, forage and grit are at all
times accessible.
A good Toulouse gosling will weigh
8 or 9 pounds, while a chick of the
same age will weigh from 1 to 2
pounds. No wonder the gosling eats.
We have had them gain two pounds
each in their ninth week. 1t is best
to get the goslings Matched as early
as there is grass for them, as they
are SAFE from the hot dry weather of
summer and tough grass; but early
birds require attention and must not
be exposed to the cold spring rains.
We often have the kitchen full of the
little fellows in low fiat boxes when
it rains all day or for two or three
days, and then good tame chicken
hen is the most desirable mother.
They require lots of care, but when
we get a gosling on it's feet (they
can't walk for about "a hours after
hatching) we count on a fine lusty
goose the coming fall, and we seldom
miss our count. We feed them all
through the summer at least once a
day. BY Christmas they weigh: fe-
males Is to 20 pounds; males, IS to
Is pounds. Mrs. B. F. Hislop,
Iroquois County, Illinois.
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