CHAP. IX.] FARMING FOR LADIES. 215 



Turkey, 20 lbs. 4 oz. Pullet, 6 lbs. SJ oz. 



Capon, 7 lbs. 14 oz. Goose, 18 lbs. 2^ oz. 



Couple of Ducks, 15 lbs. 10 oz. 



But SO many attempts were made to deceive 

 the judges by various infringements on the 

 regulations by which the prizes were to be 

 adjudged — even by cramming the fowls with 

 shot on the day of the award, for the purpose 

 of increasing their weight — that her ladyship 

 was reluctantly compelled to abandon the 

 project. 



The superior flavour of the Norfolk turkey 

 is attributed, perhaps justly, to the great dry- 

 ness of the soil and extensiveness of the range 

 on which they are allowed to roam. 



In common fowls there is very little dis- 

 tinction between the fiesh of the cock and the 

 hen; nor is there, indeed, much perceptible 

 difference in that of the turkey when young ; 

 but when they reach the age of a year or of 

 a year and a half to two years old, that of the 

 hen is far the most delicate, while that of the 

 cock possesses greater flavour. It was form- 

 erly, indeed, much the custom to mix up ani- 

 seed or other aromatics in the paste used for 

 cramming turkeys, in order to render the flesh 



