. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. n for its excellence ; as far as popularity isconcerned it undouijtcdh- occupies a turcniost ^-aH b^ ■ ^^•■■f^- (^M \1 1. AMI ) 244 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS position. In the United States a larger num-ber of white Peliin ducks are raised for marketthan of any other breed. If there is a species that has rapidly madeitself a world-wide reputation, it is the duck ofIndia. Not long ago this breed was completelyunknown to us, and now it is offered for salein every poultry journal in every land. It isone of the most fertile of
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. n for its excellence ; as far as popularity isconcerned it undouijtcdh- occupies a turcniost ^-aH b^ ■ ^^•■■f^- (^M \1 1. AMI ) 244 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS position. In the United States a larger num-ber of white Peliin ducks are raised for marketthan of any other breed. If there is a species that has rapidly madeitself a world-wide reputation, it is the duck ofIndia. Not long ago this breed was completelyunknown to us, and now it is offered for salein every poultry journal in every land. It isone of the most fertile of ducks, laying from150 to 160 eggs a year. It is also very good XII. GeeseThe breeding of geese is far from beinggeneral. Like that of ducks, it is done on alarge scale only in certain countries. Fanciersraise a few, but only for the purpose of send-ing them to shows. Here and there a fewlarge farms have attempted to raise them,giving it up after a time as on a large scale is practiced onlyin the south of France, near Toulouse, in the. Geese fattening for the Market Photo J. T. Newman, Berkhampstead for the table, its flesh being extremely is very active and can fly far. These birdshave no absolute need of water ; they prefer toroam the meadows and fields in search ofworms and other grubs. Various species of decorative ducks exist;of these the Madeiras and the Carolinas arethe most beautiful. They are usually kept inaviaries and zoological gardens. The wildducks of the mountains and the fens arevery beautiful in plumage, but they cannot beclassed as domestic animals. south of Belgium, in the east of Prussia, inItaly, and in Russia, all of which supply themarkets of other countries. Russia especiallyinundates the German markets. The businessis very productive because the feeding of geesecosts nothing. A goose needs no other foodthan grass, which it finds in sufficient quantityon the vast steppes of Russia. The goose girlgoes to the fields
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