. Ducks and geese; a valuable collection of articles on breeding, rearing, feeding, housing and marketing these profitable fowls . EMBDEN GOOSE WITH BROOD, AT EXPERIMENT STATION, KINGSTON, R. I. geese used here, of late years many have been shipped in from the west alive and have been fatted and killed in addi- tion to those hatched in this section. Many also come from. Canada. Mr. Austin is the pioneer in this trade, it having happened that some sixteen years ago about 800 geese were shipped from Prince Edward's Island to be sold through commission houses in Boston. While the local dealers we
. Ducks and geese; a valuable collection of articles on breeding, rearing, feeding, housing and marketing these profitable fowls . EMBDEN GOOSE WITH BROOD, AT EXPERIMENT STATION, KINGSTON, R. I. geese used here, of late years many have been shipped in from the west alive and have been fatted and killed in addi- tion to those hatched in this section. Many also come from. Canada. Mr. Austin is the pioneer in this trade, it having happened that some sixteen years ago about 800 geese were shipped from Prince Edward's Island to be sold through commission houses in Boston. While the local dealers were haggling over the price, thinking to get them at a much lower figure than their real value, Mr. Austin learned of their arrival and at once bought the whole 800 and shipped them to his farm. The quality was so good that he immedi- ately took steps to import many thousand every year. They come by rail in carload lots, are unloaded at the nearest station, and are driven along the country roads in flocks of from two to four thousand, until they reach the farm, where they are put on fresh pastures and allowed to recuperate from their journey before being placed in the fattening pens: At the sight of one of these droves of several thousand geese, guided by men dressed in overalls and armed with poles, pictures of the old-time dainty lasses with gilded crooks guiding the wayside flock of poetic-looking geese fade into utter insignificance. There is no special breed which seems to have the lead in excellence, indeed there are very few pure bred geese found in these flocks. The white geese dress the cleanest, and the cross between the gray and white goose producing what is commonly called a 'pied goose', seems to be the favorite with the dealers in this line of birds. The
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