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held open with the left hand, while with the 

 right hand the cram is adroitly thrust down 

 the throat. After this, a spoonful or two of 

 the liquor is given, and this is repeated until 

 the crop is full, or as much as it is supposed 

 they can digest ; which object must be care- 

 fully attended to, or they will not. empty them- 

 selves ; it should not, therefore, be repeated 

 more than twice within the twenty-four hours. 

 The fowls soon submit to the operation without 

 struggling, and also easily reconcile them- 

 selves to being cooped ; and this mode of feed- 

 ing will attain the object of fatting any fowl, 

 of whatever age, probably within a fortnight, 

 and certainly with complete effect : the general 

 cost varying from ninepence to a shilling 

 each." 



In France a small tin funnel is sometimes 

 used for the purpose of cramming ; the food 

 being placed in a bended mouth-piece, which 

 is put into the bill of the bird with one hand 

 of the feeder, while he holds the fowl with the 

 other ; and it has been described by many of 

 our writers as being a more expeditious and 

 cleanly mode than that commonly practised in 

 this country. We should imagine, however, 



