Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-04-05

is their main food Turning their
heads sidewise, they nip it OFF quite
close, and consume good quantity
Whether it is worth while to- keep
geese on land that would feed larger
stock, is question for economists:
but they are worth keeping where
they can partly live on grass which
can net be turned to better account
Z It is well to have a house for the]
geese and one for the young stock,
but any she'd will do, and it need not
be too closely shut in. Care should
be taken that the roof does not let
4 in rain, and that the shelter which
the house affords excludes bitter, win
dy draughts upon the geese at night.
The floors should be dry, and if litter
is used it must be renewed as often
as cleanliness requires.h If the geese
can have pond at command within
the days range, SO much the better !;
but they will do without it.
Geese are essentially vegetable feed
ers; they will eat any kind Of corn,
and greens. such as cabbage, lettuce,
mangels, and now and then sliced
carrots and turnips.
The Old geese require little corn
twice day; a mere sprinkle in the
morning. if they have the opportunity
of doing much for themselves, and q
good feed at night. In mild seasons
the. goose will lay early; she should
have a good, large nest, in a secure,
ia ~,
fifteen eggs; the time of incubation is
thirty days. Give her plenty Of food
and water, to which to help herself,
when she leaves the nest. She is q
patient, good sitter, and good moth
er. .
| In choosing stock-birds, select those
| which are long in the body and small
in hind is generally mark of age.
Allow three geese to gander; let all
be of mature age, and they will all
do well up to twenty years old, if not
longer.
Ducks Too Are Money Makers
Ducks are very hardy, and easy to
! feed, as regards quality Of food; for
they will eat almost anything with
appetite and relish.
| The humble accommodation of a
mere shed offers quite good enough
housing. The roof should be water
tight, and the ground of the shed
pretty dry, to render it good place
for the sitters as, if the nest be very
damp, the eggs are apt to break, how
ever quiet the-sitter may be. -:
Four ducks to drake are better
than larger number. The stock.
birds should be long in the frame
fleshy mot fat) and small in bone.
A good-sized duck will cover four
teen eggs we'll; according to the size
of the duck, the number allotted he,
may be from eleven to fifteen. Give
her oats and water near her nest, that
she may come off and feed when she
likes; and run down to the pon6
Il and dip therein will do no harm t
her eggs, but rather the contrary, by
imparting from the sitter's mois
i feathers the warm damp which is ia
vorable to incuba ton. D.
i Hens may be set on ducks eggs
when it is considered that the extrs
care which can be bestowed on then
may realize greater size for exhibi
ton purposes: but ducklings SO rear
Led had better not be kept as. stock
birds. r., -.
For the first few weeks it is better
to let the ducklings have no pan o.
water in which they can immers.
themselves, so as to wet the down I'M
derneath them. .... .s... i.
Il The bill Of fare for young duck.
may include cold boiled oatmeal por
!, ridge, cooked vegetables, mixed VI
| with barley-meal or sharps, crushed
oats thrown into the water, and .
little milk when convenient but i,
) giving milk to young things securing
must always be guarded against.
4 Ducks, old and young, should hav'
a little litter for bed-straw, DIR!
fern, peahaulm, rushes, or anything
I which is dry will do. The eggs d.
, not keep as well as hens eggs, s.
they should be set as fresh as posi-
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