. Ducks and geese; a valuable collection of articles on breeding, rearing, feeding, housing and marketing these profitable fowls . HE production of geese for market is one of the most important branches of the poultry industry, and the outcome of the experiments described below will be useful in determining the comparative value of different breeds in the flock bred at the Experiment Station: "The Canada goose, mated with the domestic goose, pro- duces goslings commonly called mongrels, and some- times termed 'mules," be- cause of the fact that they are sterile. It is occasion- ally
. Ducks and geese; a valuable collection of articles on breeding, rearing, feeding, housing and marketing these profitable fowls . HE production of geese for market is one of the most important branches of the poultry industry, and the outcome of the experiments described below will be useful in determining the comparative value of different breeds in the flock bred at the Experiment Station: "The Canada goose, mated with the domestic goose, pro- duces goslings commonly called mongrels, and some- times termed 'mules," be- cause of the fact that they are sterile. It is occasion- ally true that a mongrel goose when kept for two or more years will lay a few eggs, but we have no knowledge that goslings have ever been hatched from eggs laid by a mon- grel goose. The progeny of the cross mating is usually sold the same season it is produced, and because of its delicacy, brings a much higher price in the market than other domestic water- fowl. As the Canada fe- males lay but few eggs, it it is not customary to raise mongrels from them. They are more often used for breeding pure Canada geese. The mongrel is gen- erally the product of the Canada gander mated with some dark colored domes- tic goose, usually an Afri- can or Toulouse. The gan- der will mate equally well with a white or light col- ored goose, but the prog- eny would be very liable to be marked with more or less light colored feathers, which might cause doubt upon the part of the dealer as to the genuineness of the breeding, and thus injure the sale when the bird came to be marketed. The gander has usually to be kept until two or three years old before he will mate, and probably for this reason the ganders bring a comparatively high price, good breeding birds ranging from ten to fifty dollars or more each. When a gander has reached the proper age for mat- ing, a good sized, well-bred African or Toulouse goose is usually selected for his mate. A goose two or three years old, which has already proven to b
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