PART II--GEESE
IX. Extent of the Industry--Opportunities 141
Nature of the Industry--Opportunities for Goose Raising--Goose Raising as a Business for Farm Women--Geese as Weed Destroyers--Objections to Geese.
X. Breeds and Varieties--How to Mate to Produce Exhibition Specimens--Preparing Geese for the Show--Catching and Handling 147
Breeds of Geese--Nomenclature--Size--Popularity of the Breeds--Egg Production--Size of Goose Eggs--Color of Goose Eggs--Broodiness--Size of Mating--Age of Breeders--Marking Young Geese--General Considerations in Making the Mating--Making the Mating--The Toulouse--The Embden--The African--The Chinese--The Brown Chinese--The White Chinese--The Wild or Canadian--The Egyptian--Preparing Geese for the Show--Catching and Handling Geese--Packing and Shipping Hatching Eggs--Prices for Breeding Stock.
XI. Management of Breeding Geese 164
Range for Breeders--Number of Geese to the Acre--Water for Breeding Geese--Distinguishing the Sex--Purchase of Breeding Stock--Time of Laying--Housing--Yards--Feeding the Breeding Geese.
XII. Incubation 172
Care of Eggs for Hatching--Methods of Incubation--Period of Incubation--Hatching with Chicken Hens--Hatching with Geese--Breaking Up Broody Geese--Hatching with an Incubator--Moisture for Hatching Eggs--Hatching.
XIII. Brooding and Rearing Goslings 178
Methods of Brooding--Brooding with Hens or Geese--Length of Time Brooding is Necessary--Artificial Brooding--General Care of Growing Goslings--Feeding the Goslings--Percentage of Goslings Raised--Rapidity of Growth--Diseases.
XIV. Fattening and Marketing Geese 187
Classes of Geese Marketed--Markets and Prices--Prejudice Against Roast Goose--Methods of Fattening Geese for Market--Pen Fattening--Noodling Geese--Methods Used on Fattening Farms--Selling Geese Alive--Killing--Picking--Packing for Shipment--Saving the Feathers--Plucking Live Geese for their Feathers.
Index 215
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Frontispiece. Water Yards and Ducklings.
1. Mule Ducks and Blue Swedish Ducks 10
2. Mallard Ducks 11
3. Goose, Duck and Hen Eggs 18
4. Young Pekins for Breeders and Aylesbury Drake 19
5. Rouen Drake and Black East India Ducks 24
6. Rouen Drake in Summer Plumage and Rouen Duck 25
7. Cayuga Ducks 26
8. Gray Call Ducks 27
9. White Call Ducks 28
10. Colored Muscovy Drake and White Muscovy Drake 29
11. Crested White Drake and Young White Muscovy Showing Black on Head 32
12. Wing of Blue Swedish Duck 33
13. Pair of Buff Ducks 36
14. Penciled Runner Drake and White Runner Drake 37
15. Methods of Carrying Ducks 40
16. Power Feed Mixer 41
17. Duck Houses 58
18. House for Breeding Ducks 59
19. Another Type of Breeding House 62
20. Feeding the Breeders 63
21. Interior of Breeding House 74
22. Incubator Cellar 75
23. Interior of No. 1 Brooder House 82
24. Watering Arrangement in Brooder Pens 83
25. Another Type of No. 1 Brooder House 86
26. Brooder House No. 2 87
27. Brooder House No. 3 88
28. Long Brooder House and Yards 89
29. Pekin Ducklings 3 Days and 2 Weeks Old 90
30. Pekin Ducklings 3 Weeks and 6 Weeks Old 91
31. Interior of Cold Brooder House 92
32. Yard Ducks 93
33. Duck Sheds 94
34. Feeding and Watering Arrangements 95
35. Green Feed for Ducks 96
36. Feeding from Track 97
37. Yard Ducks at Rest 98
38. Artificial Water Yards 99
39. Catching Pens for Fattening Ducklings 104
40. Carrying Ducklings to Slaughter 105
41. Hanging Ducklings and Cutting Throat Veins 106
42. Bleeding Ducklings 107
43. Washing Heads 108
44. Ducklings Ready for the Pickers 109
45. Scalding 110
46. Picking Ducks 111
47. Dressed Duckling 112
48. Weighing Out Ducklings for Packing 113
49. Curing Duck Feathers 148
50. Egyptian Gander and Sebastapol Goose 149
51. Toulouse and Embden Ganders 154
52. Canadian and African Ganders 155
53. Brown and White Chinese Ganders 158
54. Methods of Handling Geese 159
55. Geese Fattening in an Orchard 198
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