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as milk, and cram them with this paste in 

 darkened coops ; by which means they are 

 very speedily fattened. 



The chief objection to this mode arises from 

 its so quickly fatting the poultry, as to 

 render the flesh rather wanting in firmness ; 

 the sole object of the practice being to bring 

 the fowls to market as speedily and as fat as 

 possible, for the plain reason that it is the 

 cheapest and most expeditious mode. It 

 should, however, be observed, that a fowl thus 

 fed, must, when completely fat, be killed 

 without delay, or it will daily fall off in health, 

 and the flesh become red from the feverish- 

 ness occasioned by over-feeding. 



Those persons, therefore, who wish to have 

 fowls constantly fat, without having any fixed 

 time for using them, should never cram them, 

 but should always keep some of them in coops, 

 in which their flesh will increase, and they 

 will remain for a great length of time in per- 

 fect health, as indeed may be witnessed in 

 long sea voyages, where they are always cooped, 

 and ever ready for the table. An eminent 

 innkeeper, indeed, whose house we sometimes 

 visit, and who always has remarkably fine 



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