386 FARM 
ANIMALS 
Under ordinary management the females will lay 40 to 
50 eggs, or even more, and these eggs are noted for their 
BROWN CHINA GEESE 
fertility. 
One of the chief disadvantages 
is that the carcasses are exceed- 
ingly hard to pluck and, when 
dressed, make the poorest appear- 
ance of all kinds of geese. In the 
White Chinese the plumage is 
white throughout, the bill and 
legs are orange colored and so is 
the knob at the base of the bill. 
While the geese lay as well as 
their brown cousins, their eggs 
are less fertile. White Chinese 
geese rival the Embden geese in 
the market. Their carcasses 
make a far better appearance 
than those of the Brown. 
18. African geese.—These 
are not nearly as common 
as other large varieties. 
Their color is gray, dark above, light below. On the 
back of the neck there is a dark stripe. 
are the same as for 
Embden and Toulouse. 
The bill is black and has 
the same kind of black 
knob characteristic of 
the Brown Chinese va- 
riety. The eggs are 
orange colored. As a 
rule, the geese lay better 
than the Embden, but 
not so well as the Tou- 
louse, and the carcasses, 
especially of old birds, 
are hard to make look 
Their weights 
AFRICAN GEESE 
