CHAPTER X 



Breeds and Varieties — How to Mate to Produce 



Exhibition Specimens — Preparing Geese for the 



Show — Catching and Handling 



Breeds of Geese. There are six standard breeds 

 of geese consisting of the following: Toulouse, Emb- 

 den, African, Chinese, Wild or Canadian and Egyp- 

 tian. All of these breeds consist of a single variety 

 with the exception of the Chinese which is composed 

 of two. The Toulouse is known as the Gray Tou- 

 louse, the Embden as the White Embden,the African 

 as the Gray African, the two varieties of the Chinese 

 as the Brown Chinese and the White Chinese, the 

 Wild or Canadian as the Gray and the Egyptian as 

 the Colored. 



The first four of these breeds are the ones which 

 are commonly kept in domestication. In a general 

 way it may be said that these breeds are meat 

 breeds for the reason that they are kept mainly for 

 the production of meat. The Wild or Canadian 

 and the Egyptian are more in the nature of orna- 

 mental breeds since they are not so commonly kept 

 and are principally to be found where ornamental 

 water-fowls are maintained. The Chinese are some- 

 times classed as ornamental geese on account of 



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