CHAPTER IX 

 Extent of the Industry — Opportunities 



Geese can be raised successfully in practically all 

 parts of the United States and are in fact scattered 

 in small flocks over a considerable portion of the 

 country being most abundant in the South and in the 

 Middle West. 



The census figures for the year 1920 show Illinois 

 with 195,769 geese to be the leading state in num- 

 bers, closely followed by Missouri, Arkansas 

 and Iowa. Next in order of importance as goose 

 raising states come Kentucky, Tennessee, Minnesota, 

 North Carolina and Texas. The census figures 

 of 1920 compared with those for 1920 show a de- 

 crease in the number of geese from 4,431,980 to 

 2,939,203. The only groups of states which showed 

 an increase in the number of geese during this 

 period were the North Atlantic and the Mountain 

 states. Of the total farms in the United States only 

 a small proportion, probably one-tenth, have any 

 geese and the number of geese per farm would not 

 average over 4 to 10 depending on the section. 



Nature of the Industry. Geese are kept almost 

 wholly in small flocks as a side line on general 



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