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to dry for a week to ten days. It will be found that common geese do not give the highest results, 
pure-bred birds being the best for show, sale, and profit, although there is in this, as in all other undertakings, 
a wide difference of opinion. 
Schedule for Judging Toulouse Geese. 
IN BOTH sexes. 
General Characteristics. 
Head, strong and massive; Eyes, full; Bill, strong and well set, with a uniform sweep from point of bill 
to back of skull; Throat, full and well gulleted; Neck, long and thick; Breast and Keel, piominent, deep, 
and full; Tail, carried high, and well spread; Stern and Paunch, heavy and wide; Bodv, long, broad, and 
deep; Legs and Feet, stout and strong in bone. Size, as large as possible. A well-matured gander should 
weigh from 28 to 30 lbs., and a goose 20 to 22 lbs. 
Points of Colour in Both Sexes. 
Eves. — Dark. 
Bill. — Orange. 
Neck. — Dark grey in colour. 
Breast and Keel. — Sound grey in colour, shading lighter towards the thighs. 
Back, Wings, and Thighs.— Daxk steel-grey, each feather laced with a nearly white edging. 
Flights. — A sound grey in colour, free from white. 
Stern and Paunch. — White. 
Legs and Feet. — Orange. 
Plumage. — Full, bright, and glossy, and in perfect order throughout. 
A bird perfect in shape, size, style, colour, legs and feet, and in perfect health and condition, to count 
100 points. 
Points to be Deducted for Defects. 
Bad Head 5 
„ Coloured Eyes 3 
Coloured Bill 5 
Want of Throat Development ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 
„ „ Length of Neck ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 5 
Deficient Breast ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . . ... 5 
„ Keel 5 
Faulty Colour and Marking ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 
Want of Sheen and Paunch Development ... ... ... ... ... 10 
,, ,, Size ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... 20 
,, ,, Symmetry ... ... ... ... . ... ... ... ... 15 
Bad Coloured Legs and Feet 5 
Want of Condition... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... 10 
100 
Disqualifications. 
Crooked back, crooked breast, wry tail ; primaries out of order, or any other evident sign of weakness 
or deformity ; black or white patches amongst the grey plumage, misrepresentation of sex in the Show pen. 
Schedule for Judging Embden Geese, 
in both sexes. 
General Characteristics. 
Head, long and fairly straight; Eyes, full; Bill, stout and strong; N'eck, long and swan-like; Breast, 
broad and solid, with as little indication of keel as possible; Shoulders, broad; Back, straight; Body, long; 
