. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. GEESE AND SWANS 453 and color. A very large, massive gray goose can hardly fail to be a Toulouse, or a grade bird not distinguishable from the pure or standard-bred type of the breed. Asiatic types of geese. The Asiatic types of geese include three varieties, two of which are classed as China Geese, and the third as. Fig. 479. White China Geese. (Photograph from owner, Charles McClave, New London, Ohio) the African Goose. References to these by early American writers leave no doubt that the type was quite well known through scattered spec
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. GEESE AND SWANS 453 and color. A very large, massive gray goose can hardly fail to be a Toulouse, or a grade bird not distinguishable from the pure or standard-bred type of the breed. Asiatic types of geese. The Asiatic types of geese include three varieties, two of which are classed as China Geese, and the third as. Fig. 479. White China Geese. (Photograph from owner, Charles McClave, New London, Ohio) the African Goose. References to these by early American writers leave no doubt that the type was quite well known through scattered specimens before 1840. It is quite reasonable to suppose that from an early period in the trade with the Orient, Asiatic races of geese, like the Chinese fowls, were brought in at intervals by vessels trad- ing with China. The striking peculiarity of this type is the knob, or protuberance, developed on the head at the juncture with 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 Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston ; New York : Ginn and Company
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