DUCKS AND GEESE 



more in the habit of using geese for a holiday dish 

 than are native Americans. The most favorable 

 market usually occurs at Christmas when roast 

 goose and apple sauce is in considerable favor. Con- 

 siderable numbers of geese are also used at Thanks- 

 giving time and in recent years as the price of tur- 

 keys has steadily increased there has been an in- 

 creasing tendency to substitute goose for turkey on 

 that day. Following are prices paid for various 

 classes of geese on the New York wholesale market 

 from May 1920 to June 1921 as reported by the New 

 York Produce Review. Quite a wide variation in 

 price will be noted in many cases which reflects the 

 difference in condition of the geese as received. In 

 the case of express receipts of live geese where a 

 wide variation in prices occurs the high quotations 

 represent the receipt of especially fattened geese 

 from nearby farms. 



Western Geese, Frozen 



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