. Ducks and geese; a valuable collection of articles on breeding, rearing, feeding, housing and marketing these profitable fowls. Ducks; Geese. 1 2 DUCKS AND GEESE. THE WILD OR CANADA GOOSE. The Wild or Canada geese have fre- quently been used as a cross, but it has been found difficult to mate them with other varieties. In color they shade from a dark gray to a white, with head, neck and tail black. The logs are also black. Standard Weights â Gander, 14 pounds; goose, 12 pounds; young gander. 10 pounds; young goose, 8 pounds. The Egyptian goose is even smaller than those just named. It is not
. Ducks and geese; a valuable collection of articles on breeding, rearing, feeding, housing and marketing these profitable fowls. Ducks; Geese. 1 2 DUCKS AND GEESE. THE WILD OR CANADA GOOSE. The Wild or Canada geese have fre- quently been used as a cross, but it has been found difficult to mate them with other varieties. In color they shade from a dark gray to a white, with head, neck and tail black. The logs are also black. Standard Weights â Gander, 14 pounds; goose, 12 pounds; young gander. 10 pounds; young goose, 8 pounds. The Egyptian goose is even smaller than those just named. It is not generally bred. The color is principally black and gray, with white shoulders striped with black; tail glossy black. The shanks are yellow. Standard Weights â Gander, 10 pounds; goose, 8 pounds: young gander. S pounds; young goose, 6 pounds. THE EGYPTIAN GOOSE. We are confident of the stability of the poultry indus- try. People will eat, and the fact that there is never an over-supply of the best stock illustrates the old saying, that "there is room at the ; We believe that a close study of the following pages, a wide-awake endeavor to get at the meat of the subject will result in placing the intelligent reader in a position to begin breeding without fear of fail- ure. Before vacating the field we would ask: Is it not rational to suppose that experience is necessary before be- ginning on a large scale? Is it not wise to allow that suc- cessful breeders speak from experienceâthat they econo- mize labor to the minutest degree, and that therefore, it is absolutely necessary to perform such details of labor as they suggest? Leave nothing undone!. s? >£%m, -r^#^. '' -^. -^-'^â¢-^ /#â * FIRST PRIZE WINNER . NEW YORK, 1893 . OWNtO 5Y D0UARDS POULTRY FARM SOUTH HflSS- A PRIZE-WINNING EMIiDEN Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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