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then killed, the weight divided being as 

 under : — 



Another, a gander and a goose, of the 

 following weights, when trussed, were — 



From which it would appear that there is 

 little advantage in keeping them in confine- 

 ment longer than about three weeks or a 

 month. 



Having thus shown the advantages and 

 disadvantages of cooping, we shall now state, 

 for the information of those who object to 

 the trouble attendant on that mode of feed- 

 ing, the plan adopted by the late Mr. Cob- 

 bett ; which avoids all care of breeding, and, 

 in our opinion, should be followed by every 

 one who wishes to feed geese without having 

 either a common or a paddock on which to 

 graze them ; it is thus : — 



