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which is done at three quarters old." Thus 

 far Mr. Young — but what can possibly be 

 meant by — good ones always looking pale, 

 and wasting away? One would suppose 

 that, " wasting away," must be indicative of 

 loose, flabby, and bad flesh, instead of good. 



Oak INGHAM, in Berks, is particularly fa- 

 mous for fatted fowls, by which many per- 

 sons in that town and vicinity gain a liveli- 

 hood. The fowls are sold to the London 

 dealers, and the sum of £150 has been re- 

 turned in one market day by this traffic. 

 Twenty dozen of these fowls were purchas- 

 ed for one gala at Windsor, after the rate 

 of half a guinea the couple. At some sea- 

 sons, fifteen shillings have been paid for a 

 couple. Fowls constitute the principal 

 commerce of the town. Romford, in Essex, 

 is also a great market for poultry, but ge- 

 nerally of the store or barn-door kind, and 

 not artificially fed. 



The Oakingham method of feeding is 

 to confine the fowls in a dark place, and 

 cram them with a paste made of barley- 

 meal, mutton suet, treacle, or coarse sugar, 

 and milk, and they are found completely 



