- 100 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Geese - Breeding, Rearing and Management
About this book
This vintage book contains a detailed guide to keeping geese. Originally intended or the beginner, general farmer and smallholder, it presents a brief outline of the different varieties of geese and the purposes they serve. It also includes helpful photographs, and practical suggestions as to rearing, breeding, selection, incubation, management, and more. Contents include: "Making a Start", "The Mating and Selection of Stock Birds", "The Hatching and Incubation of Eggs", "Distinguishing the Sexes", "The Management of Breeding Stock", "Rearing Young Stock", "Housing of Geese and Goslings", "the Marketing and Rearing of Geese", "Control of Geese", "Fattening", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with its original artwork and text.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Preface
- Poultry Farming
- Contents
- Illustrations
- I.āMaking a Start
- II.āThe Mating and Selection of Stock Birds
- III.āThe hatching and Incubation of Eggs
- IV.āDistinguishing the Sexes
- V.āThe management of Breeding Stock
- VI.āRearing Young Stock
- VII.āHousing of Geese and Goslings
- VIII.āThe Marking and Ringing of Geese
- IX.āControl of Geese
- X.āFattening
- XI.āPreparation and Showing of Geese
- XII.āThe Embden
- XIII.āThe Toulouse
- XIV.āThe Roman
- XV.āThe Chinese or African
- XVI.āUseful Utility Varieties
- XVII.āOrnamental Geese
- XVIII.āAilments and Diseases
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