178 BREEDS. 



well for themselves. Treated thus, however, they 

 will never arrive at the size and weight of eschi- 

 bition birds, and I therefore recommend a Turkey- 

 mother, or even a large common hen ; this latter 

 will cover three eggs ; a Turkey seven; the period 

 0/ incubation is 80 days. 



Goslings cannot be too highly fed; meal, 

 grain, bread, onions, cabbage, &e., all, in abund- 

 ance, should be set before them. Eats are their 

 natural enemies, and from these they must be 

 protected; in addition, a dry bed under cover is 

 aU they require in the way of night housing. 



Geese are much less hydropathically inclined 

 than people fancy, and do not require more than 

 a large trough to bathe in; the breeding stock, 

 5 in number (1 male and 4 females), should be of 

 mature years. 



My ideas as to weights and points correspond 

 with those of the unconquered (though I trust 

 not the unconquerable) Mr Fowler, our " Magnus 

 Apollo." 



His experience is: — " Toulouse Geese should be 

 tall and erect, with their bodies hanging on the 

 ground ; light grey breast and body. 



