166 FARMING FOR LADIES. [chap. vii. 



we have little doubt that the game breed, if 

 fed upon buckwheat and fattened upon this 

 seed, would deceive the palate of many an 

 epicure. 



In the Agricultural Report of Sussex the 

 mode of feeding, in the neighbourhood of 

 Horsham, where they are largely grown and 

 famous for their size, is stated to be, " Ground 

 oats made into gruel, mixed with hog's lard, 

 brown sugar, pot-liquor, and milk ; or ground 

 oats, treacle, and suet, together with finely- 

 chopped sheep's-pluck : the pot-liquor, mixed 

 up with a handful of oatmeal, being boiled 

 up, and when taken off the fire made into a 

 paste, and divided into rolls of a sufficient 

 size for cramming, which is done every morn- 

 ing and night. Fowls, thus fattened, and 

 cooped two or three days before beginning to 

 cram them, will in a fortnight average full 

 five pounds, some frequently seven, and others 

 (probably of a superior breed) arriving to ten 

 pounds' weight !" 



Should it be the intention to fatten a brood, 

 whether of the first or second hatching, for 

 either winter or spring use, then the following 

 method is used, as being that practised in 



