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For the most part, geese are used in new strawberry plantings —in fields where strawberries have just been set out. Three to four geese per acre are normally used.
Most growers erect a two-i4ch mesh portable fence about 30 in. high supported by stakes around the planting. The fence is erected at plant-setting time. Another requirement is a simple range shelter, consisting of four posts with cross-bars to support boards or straw, for shade during hot weather. Plenty of drinking water and a daily ration of a small amount of shelled corn also should be provided.
Geese seemingly prefer crab grass, one of the worst problems _injniost_jtrawben^ planting^ but also will work on pig weed, saw briar, parsley, and almost any other weed, particularly when the weed growth is small and succulent.
One of the strawberry growers in Virginia who has had some success with the feathered weeders is J. W. McLeod, of Crozet, who has been trying six geese in a twoacre field, and who voices intentions of expanding the feathered weeding operation to the remainder of his seven-acre planting.
There have been some failures —some repo its of damage to berry foliage—but Aroian believes the failures may have been caused when the grower neglected to provide the corn ration and otiier of the listed needs.
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