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barley. To this is added a little tallow so that 

 each fowl may receive about a teaspoonful a day. 

 The fowls are fed in this manner for about ten 

 days, at the end of which time they will not eat 

 so much on account of loss of appetite. They 

 are then fattened 

 by the cramming 

 process, the food 

 being forced into 

 the crop by means 

 of a machine. 

 Fig. 58 illustrates 

 a cramming ma- 

 chine similar to 

 those used in the 

 great poultry dis- 

 tricts of England. 

 The food is mixed 

 with milk or water 

 to the consistency 

 of thick porridge; 

 that is, just about 

 as thick as it will pour well. This is placed in 

 a receptacle or hopper in the machine and is 

 forced through a rubber tube into the crop of the 

 chicken. This tube is forced down the chicken's 

 neck and a light pressure on a lever with the foot 

 forces the food, while the hand on the outside of 

 the crop will detect the proper quantity. Men 



Fig. 58. An English cramming machine. 



