. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. is all white with a verylong neck, and is more elegant than thePomeranian. Its medium weight is twentypounds, though it has been known to reachtwenty-eight. The feathers of this breedare much in demand. It lays but few eggs,twenty annually at most. The giant gooseof Italy is the only one of the kind thatlays well, producing about sixty eggs ayear. It is also very heavy, but its fleshis of an inferior quality. Other less-knownbreeds, such as the Chinese geese, are usuallyfound in zoological gardens and other pub-lic exhibits. N
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. is all white with a verylong neck, and is more elegant than thePomeranian. Its medium weight is twentypounds, though it has been known to reachtwenty-eight. The feathers of this breedare much in demand. It lays but few eggs,twenty annually at most. The giant gooseof Italy is the only one of the kind thatlays well, producing about sixty eggs ayear. It is also very heavy, but its fleshis of an inferior quality. Other less-knownbreeds, such as the Chinese geese, are usuallyfound in zoological gardens and other pub-lic exhibits. Now that so much stress isbeing laid on the necessity for greater carein the breeding of poultry, it is to be hopedthat geese will profit by it, and that breed-ers will learn to raise them in other ways thanthose practiced to-day. The breeding of geesehas as yet received but little attention, butbreeders will realize great profits the momentthey learn right methods, and so will contributeto the prosperity of their country and to thewell-being of trade and GERjtAN Geese THE GALLINACEOUS TRIBES 247
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