. Biggle poultry book;. Poultry. Chapter XIV. GEESE. // t's a silly goose that comes to a fox's sermon. The goose that has a good gander cackles loudly. —Danish Proverb. Farmers who have rough, marshy land, may withlittle extra expenseand labor add to their incomes by stocking it with geese. Our domestic goose has descended, it is said, from the wild greylag goose of Northern Europe. The common gray and white geese of the American farm- yard need no description, since they are well known everywhere. The Toulouse, a large, gray variety, has come to us by way of England. Their shape and color ar
. Biggle poultry book;. Poultry. Chapter XIV. GEESE. // t's a silly goose that comes to a fox's sermon. The goose that has a good gander cackles loudly. —Danish Proverb. Farmers who have rough, marshy land, may withlittle extra expenseand labor add to their incomes by stocking it with geese. Our domestic goose has descended, it is said, from the wild greylag goose of Northern Europe. The common gray and white geese of the American farm- yard need no description, since they are well known everywhere. The Toulouse, a large, gray variety, has come to us by way of England. Their shape and color are seen in the foreground of colored Plate XVI. The difference of the sexes may be plainly seen by observ- ing the head and neck of each bird. The gander has a larger head and thicker neck than the goose. But it will be noted that the abdomen of the latter is heavier and closer to the ground. The standard weight for adult Toulouse is forty pounds per pair. They sometimes attain greater weights than this, but not until three or more years of age. There is a large, white, pure-bred variety called the Embden or Bremen, so named from two towns in Hanover, in northeastern Germany, where they are. 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 Biggle, Jacob. [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, Wilmer Atkinson co.
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