Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-08-20

Geese raising an"n o. tho
poultry industry / Gay be ualc /.
menscly profitable, II one hasa H,.ius
Tor the business Fir /, tDp,c t. tic
feather crop rs n source Ut revenue,
whether one keeps five geelu or 49,. D..
whether one is aiming to at on y
enough feathers to supply one - own
household, or is raising them for LIAR.
ket Every six weeks from May t.
October there Is crop Of feathers for
the picking, and they bring about
dollar a pound, each goose producing
about onc.fourth pound to each pick
ing. You can safely figure that each
goose will give you dollars worth
OF feathers In a season, and goose
VIII live TO a great age, 20 years or
more. Young geese commence to lay
at one year Of age, but the first clutch
OF eggs Is worthless for Matching pur.
poses, They may he told from the
egg Of mature goose by the fact
that they are smaller In size and more
nearly round We like to save these
eggs from the young geese as feed for
the young cosHngs when they hatch
Geese begin to lay (mature stock)
In February. They each produce about
10 eggs before preparing to sit. The
eggs will be found on the ground and
buried In straw or litter; hence Il Is
better To keep the geese shut M In a
pen till about noon during laying sea.
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Eggs may be successfully Matched in
an incubator and reared by hand or
by hen mothers. We like to set sew.
eral hens on goose eggs at the same
time as the incubator so as to have
them care for the goslings A hen
eggs, but she can. II given nice
warm coop, care for IL goslings. Cos.
lings require u little over four weeks
to hatch and II Is best to always keep
a layer of flannel on top of the eggs
In the machine; II tcmpcrs and directs
the rays of heat from the water pipes,
which come nearer to the large eggs
than Is the case with hen eggs. Il
Is well also TO sprinkle this flannel
with warm water once day. when
You have aired the eggs goose eggs
seemingly require more moisture than
hen eggs.
When one Is short of laying geese
II does very well To let one goose sit:
then when the incubator comes of let
, her aud her mate take care of the eli.
tire bunch In the daytime. catching
up the little fellows at night and
tuck'ng them up gnusly in flannel
lined basket W. have reared large
: numbers of geese In lay without mo.
: theirs or hOycrs. but goose mother
In the daytime relieves one Of a great
responsibility The gandcr looks out
for the family as faithfully as the
mOrbcr, and woe unto any cat, dog
or pig that darcs modest the little
flock. They should have a nice dry,
comfortable coop for stormy days, and
the little ones should spend most Ol
their time In the warm basket till q
week or ten days old. Feed the tiny
=, gOslngs on the immature goose eggs
, boiled hard and mixed with finely
minced onions and green grass. Give
. them grit aud water In the little foun
tains so they cannot get wet. Little
geese well started are very easily
I reared and live almost entirely OF
= grass and insects. They pasture al
Q most like pigs, plenty of fresh wate'
e and good grass or alfalfa being abou
Q all they need.
The reason so many fail with yOunl
: geese Is that. they try TO set the frs
: eggs of their young geese, which ar,
never fertile, or at least never hatcl
D livable goslings. Then, after the!
z have wasted the time ON those eggs
! Il Is too late In the season to have tn
= geese lay out another clutch of egg
n and hatch more goslings Keep tn
I old geese laying by breaking up tn
first attempt to sit, using hens or In
d cubators to do the Matching. Thel
d the young geese will, II not allowe'
i 10 sit. lay second clutch OF egg
\ which will he fertile and produced II
" time to hatch out profitable crop q
" gusliugs. A good hog pasture viii con
l. fine grown geese n one wing Is kep
clipped, and. II no cross hogs ar
U kept, such place Is ideal. A lo'
u shed VIII re the geese may be bedhc
:, down ike hogs Is the best sort q
VI housing for them. Geese are seldor
, bothered with yermin or disease
II only trio of geese Is kept, ON
gandcr to two geese Is sufficient, bu