Choice of Fowls. 135 



portant subjects, they appear by tliis 

 award, to have shewn Httle information in 

 chickenology. 



In the choice of full-sized fowls for 

 feeding, the short-legged and early hatched 

 always deserve a preference. The green 

 linnet is an excellent model of form for 

 the domestic fowl, and the true Darking 

 breed approaches the nearest to such mo- 

 del. In course, the smaller breeds and 

 the game, are the most delicate and soon- 

 est ripe. The London chicken butchers 

 as they are termed, or poulterers, are said 

 to be of all others the most dexterous and 

 expeditious feeders, putting up a koop of 

 fowls and making them thoroughly fat, 

 within the space of a fortnight ; using 

 much grease, and that perhaps not of the 

 most delicate kind, in the food. In this 

 way, I have no boasts to make, having al- 

 ways found it necessary to allow a con- 

 siderable number of weeks for the purpose 

 of making fowls fat in koops. In the com- 

 mon way, this business is often badly mana- 

 ged, fowls being huddled together in a 

 BmaJl koop, tearing each other to pieces, in- 



