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bition Quality " was $5, and the eggs of six breeds were 

 held at $10 to ^12 per thirteen. This was for the eggs 

 of the domestic hen. 



Pekin duck eggs, " Standard-bred Utility " grade, were 

 offered at $2.50 per twelve, and the Embden and Toulouse 

 eggs of the same grade at sixty cents each or ^5 per ten. 

 No larger number than ten was offered, and no eggs of 

 the " Exhibition Quality." However, seventy-five per 

 cent fertility was guaranteed in hens' eggs, from March 

 15 to June 15; claims to be made within ten days from 

 date of shipment. No guarantee of fertility, either " ex- 

 pressed or implied," was made in connection with water- 

 fowl eggs, and no claims were to be allowed for breakage. 



Little Lines of Goo.se Lore 



1. Geese are the "human beings" of the fowl 

 family. 



2. Geese become attached to people and places. 



3. Geese require the simplest of housing. 



4. Goose houses may be portable. 



5. Geese are easy to raise. 



6. They are strictly herbivorous. 



7. They must have access to water and good pas- 

 turage. 



8. Females breed best between two and fourteen 

 years ; males between the ages of two and ten. 



9. The eggs may require thirty days' incubation. 



10. Geese weigh up to twenty pounds Standard, but 

 may reach forty or more. 



11. A Standard-bred flock has been known to pay at 

 the rate of ^90 each, all eggs being incubated. 



