July
17, 1993
Dear
Megg Miller:
A
friend in Amsterdam sent me a copy of your story on Chinese Geese published
recently in Australasian Poultry.
I
thought you be interested in my story on the African which has been published
in various places. I would be happy to have your comments.
For
my part I would be interested in any evidence on the effect of the: Chinese on
clutch size as you mention on page 5. Does the brown variety actually lay
better than the white. The brown are very rare in North America.
As
you no doubt know egg production of geese has been increased greatly by the
manipulation of light in windowless houses, most notably in France but also in
Israel. If you would like some information on this please request it. I
thought you were guilty of one sin of omission when you did not mention that
the wild swan goose does not have a knob and that the knob is apparently the
result of selection by the Chinese. Of course the same perversity is reflected
in the Lion Headed Goose (African but the Swatow version) which I find
grotesque.
I
do hope you will find time to write.
Faithfully,