. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. April 2, IdOH.] Agricultural Gazette of 279 Chinese.—These are sometimes termed the African or Knobbed goose, and are ke})t in America extensively, owing to their very -superior laying qualities. Not that geese eggs of any variety are a marketable commodity, but rather that, from the thirty to forty eggs laid by the Embden or Toidouse, ten to fifteen goslings may be the entire year's produce. The Chinese, on the other hand, lay two or three settings in the season ; and, as the eggs are


. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. April 2, IdOH.] Agricultural Gazette of 279 Chinese.—These are sometimes termed the African or Knobbed goose, and are ke})t in America extensively, owing to their very -superior laying qualities. Not that geese eggs of any variety are a marketable commodity, but rather that, from the thirty to forty eggs laid by the Embden or Toidouse, ten to fifteen goslings may be the entire year's produce. The Chinese, on the other hand, lay two or three settings in the season ; and, as the eggs are usually fertile, it is nothing un- usual for one goose to be the parent of twenty or thirty gos- lings in a year. In carriage, the Chinese goose. African or Cape 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 New South Wales. Dept. of Agriculture. Sydney, C. Potter, Govt. Printer [etc. ]


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