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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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EMBDEN OB BREMEN QEESE. 



This variety was introduced into tbis coun- 

 try from Holland, by the late Col. Samuel 

 Jaques, in October, 1821. Mr. Hewitt, an 

 English writer, who favors this variety, says : 

 "The Embden goose has prominent blue eyes, 

 is remarkably strong in the neck, and the 

 feathers, from near the shoulder to the head, 

 are far more curled than is seen in other 

 birds. The plumage is pure white through- 

 out ; bill flesh color, and legs orange. One 

 of their great advantages is this, — that all the 

 feathers being perfectly white, their value, 

 where many are kept, is far greater in the 

 market than is ever the case with colored or 

 mixed feathers." — "The quality of the flesh 

 is about equal with the Toulouse ; but the 

 Embden is the earliest layer, and frequently 

 rears two broods in one season, the young 



ones proving as hardy as any with which I am 

 acquain'ed." 



Mr. Bement says, the quiet domestic char- 

 acter of the Bremen geese (pauses them to lay 

 on flesh rapidly ; they never stray from their 

 home, the nearest pond and field satisfying 

 their wants, and much of their time is spent 

 in great repose. 



Our cut, which we copy from the Pairal 

 New Yorker, is from a photograph of a pair 

 exhibited at Birmingham, England, whose 

 weight was fifty-four pounds. 



Remkdy for Black Knot. — Afrer care- 

 fully paring olF the excrescence thoroughly, 

 saturate it with spirits ot turpentine, wilh a 

 paint brush, being careful not to touch the 

 tree except in the diseased part. 



