. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. riii: ;R A OF Geese neck, for then they have less chance to defendthemselves. Geese have one special merit —the\- are good guardians of the there is the slightest disturbanceduring the night the)- know it andgi\e warning, and if a strangercomes upon the premises tlie\ makea terrible noise. Tramps arc not tobe feared if geese are about. Thereis a Belgian story of a certain goose,fifteen years old at least, whichalways slept in a dogs kennel andregularly accompanied him when hewas harnessed to his cart, a
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. riii: ;R A OF Geese neck, for then they have less chance to defendthemselves. Geese have one special merit —the\- are good guardians of the there is the slightest disturbanceduring the night the)- know it andgi\e warning, and if a strangercomes upon the premises tlie\ makea terrible noise. Tramps arc not tobe feared if geese are about. Thereis a Belgian story of a certain goose,fifteen years old at least, whichalways slept in a dogs kennel andregularly accompanied him when hewas harnessed to his cart, and it issaid that three times she drovethieves away from it. Hence shewas honored as a heroine. stakes and thatch, and the floor covered withoat straw, which should be turned over everysecond day and renewed wcekh. In summergeese almost always sleep in the open and donot seek shelter. They are not good layers ; thebest breeds will seldom give more than thirtyeggs a year. It is difficult to distinguish themale from the female ; only experience can teachone. The
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