Farmer and stockbreeder . P/iofo] Threcday-o/d Goslings th-y can be distinguished, and sell them mJiampers of a dozen-or so at the nearest kept onger they should be put in a wired grasspen in lots of a dozen or so at about ten iveeksold and given all they will eal of soft food twiceclaily, with a hopper of grain for them to helpthemselves at. They will be quite as fat as theycan be got in this way in thi ee weeks, and thentliey should be sold for eatin. The heavier breeds of the Rock and Wvandottetvpe will pay for growing some weeks longer, butall should be killed young. Much money
Farmer and stockbreeder . P/iofo] Threcday-o/d Goslings th-y can be distinguished, and sell them mJiampers of a dozen-or so at the nearest kept onger they should be put in a wired grasspen in lots of a dozen or so at about ten iveeksold and given all they will eal of soft food twiceclaily, with a hopper of grain for them to helpthemselves at. They will be quite as fat as theycan be got in this way in thi ee weeks, and thentliey should be sold for eatin. The heavier breeds of the Rock and Wvandottetvpe will pay for growing some weeks longer, butall should be killed young. Much money is lostby cockerels being kept too long. It is just thesame with poultry as with beef., If one is buyingto fatten, secure b,g frames grown at someoneebe s expense, but if rearing and fattening dthem well from birth and let them go whilst Geoeoe a. Palmer. NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN DAIRYIHfi • The National Agricultural Examination Boardannounce that the annual examinations in theScience and Practice of Dairying will be held fo
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