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Mrs. Laura J. 
Clark, Illinois 
Wii.ner 1911 
Mrs. F. H. 
Osman, Ohio 
Winner 1910 
Jim Rohan, 
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Test 
The Henyard. 
Toulouse Geese. 
The Toulouse is the largest of our do¬ 
mestic geese. Massive is the most de¬ 
scriptive term that cau be applied to a 
mature specimen of the standard weight, 
which is 25 pounds for a gander and 20 
for a goose. A few breeders of stock se¬ 
lected for size have birds that exceed these 
weights by several pounds, and one in¬ 
tending to start with Toulouse geese will 
find it profitable in tne end to purchase 
eggs or birds from large stock. The first 
cost may be high, but the ultimate profit 
will more than make up for this. The 
average weight of geese found on farms 
is hardly more than half the standard. 
The name of these geese comes from the 
city of Toulouse in France, near which 
many of these geese are reared. The 
prevailing color is gray, shading to dark 
brownish gray above and to white be¬ 
low. Occasionally dark feathers appear 
in the white, and white feathers in the 
primaries and secondaries of the wings. 
These disqualify for the show room. 
The bill should be of a pale orange 
THE RUKAb NEW-YORKER 
A Well-Formed Toulouse. 
color and the shanks and feet of a deep 
reddish-orange. The body should be of 
moderate length and broad. A dewlap 
under the throat should develop with 
age, and is a desirable feature in the 
show room. Toulouse geese of both sexes 
usually acquire a keel as they increase 
in age. Frequently the keel of an old 
goose will drag on the ground as she 
walks. 
Toulouse geese do not mature so fast 
as some other breeds and consequently 
are not so profitable for soling at 10 or 
12 weeks of age, but are the best for 
Christmas sales. In December they at¬ 
tain their greatest weight for the season. 
On account of their predominance in the 
markets at this season they are some¬ 
times termed the Christmas goose. The 
size of Toulouse geese makes them quiet 
and docile. They are contented to re- 
main near home, and less inclined to 
wander than some of the smaller breeds. 
M hile they have well developed voices 
they are ordinarily rather quiet. In egg- 
laying they compare well with the other 
large breeds. The Government bulletin 
on geese gives 40 as the average number 
of eggs laid by Toulouse geese. Another 
report based on a two years test gives 
2G as the average. Individual reports 
give larger numbers. Doubtless, as with 
hens, much depends upon the individual, 
and geese raised principally for eating, 
have been bred mainly for size, and less 
attention has been paid to egg-laying 
than with other domestic birds. Here 
is a field for work and a chance for im¬ 
provement with all breeds of geese that 
have hardly been entered upon or be¬ 
gun. The goose, the largest of our do¬ 
mestic birds, with the exception of the 
turkey, one of the most easily reared and 
by far the most intelligent, is worthy of 
a much larger place in our farm economy 
than it has ever yet filled. 
_W. II. HUSE. 
Value of the White Leghorn. 
In a short article on page 1.32, signed 
J. 1. ( ., a heavy cloud is cast over the 
Leghorn as an economical converter of 
food into eggs. J. F. O. even says that 
he will produce eggs on less food per egg 
with heavy birds than he can with Leg¬ 
horns. If so he cannot have a good 
strain of Leghorns. My own personal 
experience has been the other way de¬ 
cidedly, 50 Leghorns laying better per 
hen on less food than 40 heavy birds 
when both flocks were laying well. Of 
course J. F. (Vs and mine are only 
isolated instances, and as such of little 
value, but very interesting data on this 
point comes from the Australian egg-lay¬ 
ing contests where 10 years’ work with 
accurate records kept should do away 
with some of the uncertainty that comes 
from conflicting statements by different 
men here. In those 10 contests the only 
breeds represented by over 500 hens are 
the S. C. White Leghorn, Black Orping¬ 
ton and Silver Wyandotte. While the 
color of the feathers of the heavier breeds 
is different from that most frequently 
found in America, the fundamentals re¬ 
main unchanged. The following table 
is taken from one on page 00 of Farmers’ 
Bulletin 66, issued by the Department of 
Agriculture, New South Wales, with the 
money value changed from shillings to 
dollars and cents: 
No. of hens Av. laying Av. Value 
Breed Represented per hen of eggs 
Leghorns 1212 1S3.4 $4.36% 
Orpingtons 786 166.6 3.S8 
Wyaudottes 684 160.5 3.71% 
The above is for the first year’s laying, 
two year tests have been conducted on a 
somewhat smaller scale; they show the 
most important item, the profit over feed, 
for Leghorns, $5.45% ; Orpingtons, 
$3.94%; Wyandottes, $4.37%. Three 
year tests have not progressed far enough 
to give any reliable data. The bulletin 
does not consider these results to give 
an exact index to the relative merits of 
different breeds, but does afford a pretty 
accurate guide for the poultryman to 
work on; and, judging from the general 
feeling towards Leghorns in America, 
Australian views as to the relative merits 
of different breeds arc shared here. 
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We have 60 liens which we feed three 
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Ilow can I prevent some of them from 
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Jim Rohan and Winners of Belle City’s 
S Eight World’s Championship Hatches 
Mr. Geo. W. 
Black,Ind. 
Winner 1911 
Mr. Wm. C. 
Schott, Iowa 
Winner 1913 
Mrs. Alta 
Hamlyn, Ind. 
Winner 1913 
Mr. F. E. 
Bennett, Ohio 
Winner 1912 
Mrs. M.J. 
Clifton, Okie. 
Winner 1910 
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