6o w. cook's turkey, goose, and pheasant book. 



They are the smallest variety we have in England, but 

 they are tight in feather and are much heavier than they 

 look. Those who only keep geese for their own domestic 

 purposes I would recommend to try the Chinese, as they 

 are the best layers. They will lay right up in the 

 autumn. The late hatched ones can be got up 

 for Christmas, and the early ones can be killed 

 off. Ordinary geese do not lay at the end of the 

 summer, so the Chinese just fill up the gap. A Chinese 

 gander can be told much better than any other variety, as 

 the horn on the head is considerably larger, and the neck is 

 a trifle thicker and longer and more curved than in the 

 geese, though it is possible to make a mistake even in this 

 variety. 



I recommend those who want geese for practical purposes, 

 that is to breed for market, to use Chinese geese, and a 

 Toulouse or Embden gander, then they can hatch right up 

 in the autumn, and the goslings will come up well at 

 Christmas. This would save from 25 per cent, to 35 per 

 cent., as when young geese have to be kept from the middle 

 of the summer right up to Christmas it comes expensive, but 

 if they are hatched in the autumn, and get grown by 

 Christmas, there is neither time nor food wasted. 



-m^ 



