Show waterfowl water fowl fl i new england droller broiler dubics aro are grown by the thousands in several lor of pennsylvania now new jersey and long island as aa well as elsewhere tile greatest number however coming from the first named sections one farm alone during tile tho year just passed marketed brogler bro ler ducks from its plant but new england la Is the homo home or breeding I 1 grounds of tho best quality of market goose sold in this country the most careful the most determined and the most successful bleeders breeders bre eders klers and handlers of high quality marlet geese are scattered from rhode island inland to the tha end of massachusetts the old time fl onmon or gray goose has ha r been largely displaced by the state ly ay embden toulouse african and china species ep ecles the embden and the toulouse are tho the ronalt of a 1 I union of the efforts of the french and tho the english E ng tile the african the hong kong anti and tho the china clinna geese jamo jaine perhaps from tho asiatic countries recently at tho the boston poultry show was exhibited the finest lot of geese that have boon been shown in this country for all time one pair of embden pure white geese reached tile alie enormous weight of 0 58 pounds and the toulouse Toulo uso gray market geese almost equated equaled them in size next to these in quality Is the african so much valued tor for the roaring rearing of what are known as the mongrel geese tho the white embden said to have originated from tile the visit of a swan to some of the commoner flock of a town of name on oil I 1 tin tit continent have been carefully bred and selected until they are arc very large handsome white geese which seem to bo be valued first as a true bred variety tor for the producing of feathers and market poultry tho toulouse that came from franco france are fully their equal in every way except that tho the feathers are gray or mixed with gray instead of puro pure white what la Is known as the rhe wild or canada goose mated with an african produces the mongrel goose so eo highly valued in the eastern markets from thanksgiving through christmas times when tho canada gander and the african goose become properly mated they will ho be constant one to the other to the end of their existence growing each year ono one or two broods of mongrel geese that are ready tor for market during thanksgiving anks giving and christmas times and dress to a weight at this ago age heavier than either cither of tho parent pair tho the quality of tho meat Is excellent the price obtained ranging from to 4 each according to tho the season ani and the quality and finish ot or tho individual specimens themselves these with tho the emblen embden the toulouse and tho the china beeso furnish the high priced geese for the winter raar keta no ono one of these of tho the better qualities Is ever sold tor for less than 28 to 30 cents per pound and there Is a ready sale for all of them offered at these prices in addition to these thousands of geese beeso aro are gathered from as aa far north as nova scotia down through all the states of 0 tho the western part of tho the coun ceases by tho the middle of january fol lowing this comes the sale of tho thel capons camons and tho the virgin cockerels cocker els so 60 highly prized in new england tho the scientific part of the handling ol 01 geese Is growing them to a condition E 4 X PAIR OP OF GRAY african greese where tho the feathers are arc just right to bo plucked from the carcass without having tho the bad appearance that of necos sity must he be present it if there la Is a largo amount of down or short feathers showing geese to bo be properly marketed at their best should be plucked at tho the right time then fed and cared for so BO as to be ready for killing just no aa tho now new growth of plumage Is full andi and complete and ready to bo be stripped clean and clear from tho the body at killing time this IE the scientific part next to thel the experience exper lenco in tho the handling feed ing and caring for which bring such large numbers to the fluent finish and most desirable condition for selling in the market it la is a sight ono one would never forget to sou soo eight or ten thousand of these 9 geesa cesel confined in lots or runways being fed and cared for oby by attendants to bring them to that perfection ot of market poultry not usually seen outside of new england and now new york city T F mcgrow mcgrew try into now new Eng En daiil laiI where large fattening yards are inducted these yards are large plants plant with lots lota something like the stock aels of the largo large cities only smaller in hire ze the geese geesa ore placed in ill the enclosures and fed for heavyweight ani and fino fine finish to bo be dressed for market A many as geese beeso are gat gath helcl prel tit at ono one or two points in massachusetts its antl and fed in this way for or the file wil r markets it takes several to properly fenish them and now are cons constantly tautly oming coming in to replace those that are sold it off the demand for geese of this kind over P a period of from nine to two weeks beginning just before thanksgiving and ending in january no attempt has yet vet been made in this country for the excessive fatten fattening tug of geese such as aa Is carrion carr iid on in germany those so BO fatte fatt iut eui with us being only prepared ire prepared pared to a finisi for roasting roast ln nor has fattening or f ding tor for the excessive size of 0 the alvers ever gained any consideration here the major per cent of all the gecse brought into the markets for general consumption are gold eold and tho the demand for them |