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as the gander and goose have exactly the same 

 color and the same feathering. The standard 

 weight given by the American Standard of Per- 

 fection is twenty pounds for the adult male and 

 eighteen pounds for the adult female. 



Embden. The Embdens very much resemble 

 the Toulouse in general form ; they are, however, 



Fig. 85. Gray wild goose. From United States Department of Agriculture, 

 Farmers' Bulletin No. 64. Howard. 



pure white throughout, which enables one readily 

 to distinguish one breed from the other. The 

 Embdens do not have the great abdominal pouch 

 of the Toulouse, although it is sometimes dis- 

 tinctly developed. "These geese are inclined to 

 lay a little earlier than the Toulouse, and their 

 eggs average a trifle heavier, but they do not 

 lay quite as many eggs, and are much more per- 



