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POULTRY PRODUCTION 



Westphalia in Northern Germany from white mutants of 

 the Toulouse. 



The market demand is for quickly grown green goslings. 

 The demand is somewhat limited, however, and the presence 

 or absence of a good local outlet for geese will usually be the 

 principal factor in deciding whether geese should be numbered 

 among the farm stock, unless they are desired for home use. 



Fig. 34 



Pair of Toulouse geese. (Courtesy of Mail 



Topeka, Kan.) 



Geese are usually extremely hardy, needing nothing but the 

 crudest sort of shelter for the mature Stock even in the severest 

 weather. They are good foragers and great scavengers, 

 subsisting largely on grass and other soft herbage, and should 

 be allowed ample range, though a hog-tight fence will keep 

 them confined when necessary. They will care for themselves 

 practically the year round. ' 



