. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. 452 POULTRY CULTURE by James Sisson of Rhode Island in 1826 is better authenti- cated than the claim that a Colonel Jaques of Massachusetts had imported some in 1821, though that claim may be correct. It is even quite possible, as the account of the introduction of Asiatic fowls shows, that occasional importations were made earlier. At first the Emdens were generally called here Bremen geese, Bremen being the port from which the first importation on record came. In England they were called Emden,- importations to that country coming, as i
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. 452 POULTRY CULTURE by James Sisson of Rhode Island in 1826 is better authenti- cated than the claim that a Colonel Jaques of Massachusetts had imported some in 1821, though that claim may be correct. It is even quite possible, as the account of the introduction of Asiatic fowls shows, that occasional importations were made earlier. At first the Emdens were generally called here Bremen geese, Bremen being the port from which the first importation on record came. In England they were called Emden,- importations to that country coming, as is supposed, from the port of Emden. The Emden Goose is described sufficiently for identification anywhere as a large white goose. The size is easily developed from the Pomeranian. Fig. 478. Captive Wild Geese used as decoys at shooting stand of C. M. Bryant, East Weymouth, Massachusetts. (Photograph from C. M. Bryant) by selection or by crossing. According to the descriptions of early Emden geese in this country, those first imported were not invariably white, but often showed some gray. The Toulouse Goose. The Toulouse Goose takes its name from the city of Toulouse, the capital of a department in southern France noted for its geese. It was brought to England probably about 183 5-1845, and to this country from England many years later. It is not mentioned by Cocke (1843), and references to it in the decade following 1850 plainly show that the writers were depend- ent on English authors for their descriptions. It is probable that the variety became known here either in the latter part of that dec- ade or early in the following decade. Like the Emden, it is suffi- ciently described for identification by a general description of size. 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 Robinson, John H. (John Henry
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