The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-02
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I ter. Breeders usually keep the geese
laying as ieng as possible. Matching
mot Of the eggs with hen. The eggs
hatch in thirty days, and a goose of
average size will cover about fifteen.
Fur tine first few DAYS they are liable
to be chilled, but after the first week
they are more nardy and require little
care.
The usual plan is to confine them
moved to fresh grass every day, be-
cause they require considerable pas
ture. Besides the grass or clovec,
they are fed on mixture of Indian
meal and shorts mixed with water
but squeezed almost entirely dry be
tore feeding. When three or four
weeks old. they should be given wide
range, but within an enclosure.
When fattening, they are confined,
and fed mixture of ground grains
with beef scraps, gradually increas-
ing the proportion of corn meal and
beef scraps until the food is about
ten per cent. beef scraps and ninety
per cent. meal. Toulouse geese reach
a weight of ten pounds at ten weeks
of age, and as rule are sold more
profitably at mat weight as green
geese. The" market fer these begins
in June and lasts until March.-G. B.
f. In Massachusetts Ploughman.
MARK THE BROODING HENS.
Where one keeps the one breed OF
hens, there Is difficulty in distinguish
ing one sitting hen from another, so
IL they exchange nests the way to
tell Is a great help. II one is sup
piled with numbered leg bands and
will put the number on card with
the date Of sitting. and tack the cord
in q conspicuous place. on or near.
the sitting hen, the difficulty is over
come with but little trouble. but all
are not possessed of them.
Different colored strings tied
around the leg. would serve the same
purpose. OF course no long ends will
be left. Make the cord something
like this.
April 10th red-if the hen is set
On the tenth of April and has red
string on her leg.
This all necessitates lifting the
hen. with perhaps disturbance OF the
eggs; some otherwise gentle hens, re-
sent being lifted, dab with paint
brush will do the work; but one must
have several sorts of paint, or else
touch plainly on paper or cardboard,
back of the comb, another ON back,
one on left wing, one on right and so
forth; this touch of paint will not
injure or inconvenience any of the
hens or anything, and will last until
the brooding season is over.
Whatever mark is decided upon,
whether string. paint. leg band or
even clipping certain feathers. be
very sure to mark the distinguishing
touch plainly on paper or cardboard,
and tack securely on or near the sit
ting place. You may be sure to re-
member just wnere each hen belongs.
but 1t may happen that some one else
will need to see after the sitters some
day; then there might be trouble.
Keepers of pure breeds have trou-
BILE that the keepers of ''all sorts and
some mixed" have no idea of, but
these very troubles teach us to be
careful and methodical. By look at
the card anyone can tell when the
chicks are due, and whether the right
hen Is on the right nest.
To be really sure. it is best to have
the nests numbered, and the nest
number, together with date and dis
tinguishing mark, written in book
kept in a safe place; SO should a
card be destroyed, you would yet
know.-E- c.. in Indiana Farmer.