. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. 530 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING desirable. Their flesh is finer, whiter and of a better flavor; they have a wealth of pure white plumage which has a higher market- able value, and in disposition they are less pugnacious, more placid and more contented than the other breeds. In point of weight they are about the same as the Toulouse, according to the Standard, though as a general thing the Emden is bred somewhat smaller than the Toulouse. Gray African geese are considered by many to be the most. _ jj^*^ Fig. 326.—Emden geese. profitable, because of their g
. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. 530 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING desirable. Their flesh is finer, whiter and of a better flavor; they have a wealth of pure white plumage which has a higher market- able value, and in disposition they are less pugnacious, more placid and more contented than the other breeds. In point of weight they are about the same as the Toulouse, according to the Standard, though as a general thing the Emden is bred somewhat smaller than the Toulouse. Gray African geese are considered by many to be the most. _ jj^*^ Fig. 326.—Emden geese. profitable, because of their great gain in weight in the least pos- sible time. They are also very prolific, and many breeders cross them with the Emden for this purpose. According to the Stan- dard they are the same weight as the Toulouse and Emden geese, yet they generally exceed the weights of these two. They have rather long necks, and their heads are conspicuous for the knobs which protrude from the base of the bill, the- same as in the Chinese varieties. They also have a heavy dewlap under the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Roberts, Howard Armstrong, 1885- [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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