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 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
 STATES RELATIONS SERVICE. 
 
 A. C. TRUE, Director 
 
 HOW TEACHERS IN RURAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS MAY 
 USE FARMERS' BULLETIN 767, GOOSE RAISING*^/ 
 
 Range for use. — General, but of special importance to the South 
 and Middle West. 
 
 Relation to the course of study. — This bulletin should be used in 
 connection with the course in agriculture as it relates to poultry. 
 
 Topics for study. — The material in this bulletin should be grouped 
 into four lesson topics: (1) Breeds — Toulouse, Embden. African. 
 Chinese, wild or Canada, and Egyptian, pages 3-7; (2) breeding — 
 extent, purposes, houses, selecting and mating, pages 7-10; (3) in- 
 cubation, pages 10-12; and (4) feeding and preparing for market, 
 pages 12-14. 
 
 Study questions. — Topic 1. Study the descriptions and compare the 
 figures of the several breeds of geese to enable the pupils to recognize 
 each breed. Make a survey of the community to ascertain the breeds 
 found, the number of geese of each breed, the purposes for which 
 each breed is grown, the value of the total number of each breed, the 
 total value of all the geese in the community, how disposed of or 
 marketed. 
 
 Topic 2. Where the breeding of geese is to be made a business, what 
 provisions should be made with reference to feed and water \ What 
 should be provided in the way of housing \ What points should be 
 taken into consideration in selecting geese for breeding purposes ? 
 
 Topic 3. When should goose eggs be saved for incubation I What 
 provisions should be made in the way of nests ? What methods of in- 
 cubation are employed? How are goslings brooded? 
 
 Topic 4. What is the most important factor in the feeding of 
 geese ? What supplementary food is necessary 1 What rations should 
 be fed to goslings \ What rations are used in fattening geese ? Is it 
 advisable to confine geese during the fattening period? What 
 rations are suggested for adult geese for egg production? What 
 methods are employed in fattening young geese? Give directions 
 for dressing geese for market. Are geese raised in the community 
 for feathers ? When and how should feathers be plucked ? 
 
 Illustrative materials. — Utilize the figures in the bulletin in con- 
 nection with the study of breeds. Make collections of typical feathers 
 from the various breeds of geese found in the community. Mount 
 
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 these on cardboard and preserve them for further class use and 
 school exhibits. 
 
 Practical exercises. — »(1) Making the community survey provided 
 for in connection with topic 1 affords practice. (2) Members of the 
 class may either become responsible for the home flocks of geese or 
 undertake home projects in the growing of goslings for market. 
 
 Correlations. — For written work compile the facts ascertained 
 from the community survey previously referred to. 
 
 Drawing : Members of the class should be required to make sketches 
 of the different breeds of geese found in the community; also of 
 typical feathers. 
 
 The facts ascertained in the survey should be utilized to develop 
 exercises in arithmetic. Keep records of the feed used and cost of 
 growing 10 goslings ; fattening 15 geese. Take into account the daily 
 ration and the number of days. 
 
 E. A. Miller, 
 Specialist in Agricultural Education. 
 
 Approved : 
 
 C. H. Laxe, 
 
 Chief Specialist in Agricultural Education. 
 
 April 5. 1917. 
 
 WASHINGTON \ GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICB \ 1917