 | John Lawrence - 1816 - 284 pages
...healthy and vigorous, was killed by a sow, whilst sitting over her eggs ; rt was supposed she Inight have lived still many years, and "her fecundity appeared...have been proved to reach the age of seventy years. Asserted that, at the great goose-feeders near London, the stock is fed upon the purest and best food,... | |
 | John Lawrence - 1822 - 350 pages
...healthy and vigorous, 40 Pea and Guinea Fowls. was killed tw a sow, whilst sitting over her eggs ; it was supposed she might have lived still many years,...with which the metropolis is supplied. Pea and Guinea Fowls. The PEACOCK and HEN, and GUINEA FOWLS, are always kept by the London dealers, whence any persons... | |
 | William Kitchiner - 1823 - 738 pages
...sitting over her Eggs ; it was supposed she might have lived many years, and her fecundity appeaved to be permanent. Other Geese have been proved to reach the age of 70 years." — MonBRAY on Poultry, p. 40. It appears in Dr. STAHK'S Experiments on Dict, p. 110, that... | |
 | William Kitchiner - 1827 - 524 pages
...and vigorous, was killed by a Sow while sitting over her Eggs; it was supposed she might have lived many years, and her fecundity appeared to be permanent. Other Geese have been proved to reach the age of 70 years." — MOUBBAY on Poultry, p. 40. It appears in Dr. STARR'S Experiments on Diet, p. 110, that... | |
 | John Lawrence - 1832 - 274 pages
...age of eighty-one years, healthy and vigorous, was killed by a sow, whilst sitting over her eggs ; it was supposed she might have lived still many years,...finest and best with which the metropolis is supplied. A GANDER and five geese comprise a single breeding stock. The goose sits upon her eggs from twenty-seven... | |
 | William Kitchiner - 1836 - 432 pages
...and vigorous, was killed by a Sow while sitting over her eggs ; it was supposed she might have lived many years, and her fecundity appeared to be permanent. Other Geese have been proved to reach the age of 70 years."— MOUBRAY on Poultry, p. 40. * If you think the flavour of raw Onions too strong, cut them... | |
 | John Lawrence - 1837 - 464 pages
...ascertained age of eightyone years, healthy and vigorous, was killed by a sow, whilst sitting over her eggs ; it was supposed she might have lived still many years,...have been proved to reach the age of seventy years. 102 EARLY LATINO. It is asserted that, at the great goose-feeders near London, the stock is fed upon... | |
 | Francis Simmons Holmes - 1842 - 264 pages
...ascertained age of eighty-one years, healthy and vigorous, was killed by a sow whilst setting over her eggs; it was supposed she might have lived still many years,...have been proved to reach the age of seventy years. 1062. "A gander and five geese comprise a single breeding stock. The goose sets upon her eggs frpm... | |
 | Caleb N. Bement - 1852 - 396 pages
...vigorous ; she was killed while sitting on her eggs by a sow. It was supposed she might still have lived many years, and her fecundity appeared to be permanent. Other geese have proved fertile at seventy years. " The whole anserine or goose tribe," says Mowbray, " of which there... | |
 | 1856 - 352 pages
...age of eighty-nine years, healthy and vigorous, was killed by a sow.. while sitting over her eggs ; it was supposed she might have lived still many years, and her fecundity appeared to be permanent." — Mawbray. Vast multitudes of domestic geese are kept in Lincolnshire : a single person has frequently... | |
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A GOOSE on a farm in Scotland, about seven years since, of the clearly ascertained age of eighty-one years, healthy and vigorous, was killed by a sow, whilst sitting over her eggs ; it was supposed she might have lived still many years, and her fecundity... 