. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. 246 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS. Chinese Geese The best known species is the giant gooseof Toulouse. Its ordinary weight is from six-teen to eighteen pounds, but it has been knownto reach twenty-four. This bird is much indemand. The best part of a goose is its liver,which is a feast for epicures. It is exportedto all parts of the world, but the largest quan-tity is consumed in Paris. Next in value tothe liver are the feathers, which are pluckedfrom the bird every year in a very cruelmanner. It would be best to perform
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. 246 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS. Chinese Geese The best known species is the giant gooseof Toulouse. Its ordinary weight is from six-teen to eighteen pounds, but it has been knownto reach twenty-four. This bird is much indemand. The best part of a goose is its liver,which is a feast for epicures. It is exportedto all parts of the world, but the largest quan-tity is consumed in Paris. Next in value tothe liver are the feathers, which are pluckedfrom the bird every year in a very cruelmanner. It would be best to perform thisoperation during the molting season, whenthe birds would suffer less, but as a gen-eral thing no one pays the least attentionto that consideration, and the feathers areplucked out whenever the breeder sees fitto do so. The Pomeranian goose is also a finespecies, but is little known in this coun-try ; it is tall and well made, thanks to thefact that the inhabitants never pluck Germany these geese are driven for daysfrom one town to another before reachingtheir market, in flocks of four or five
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