256 FARMING FOR LADIES. [chap. xii. 



Well, better that way than not be pleased 

 with what one has. However, let gentlemen 

 try this method of fatting geese. It saves 

 money, mind, at the same time. Let them 

 try it ; and if any one who shall try it, shall 

 find the effect not to be that which I say it 

 is, let him reproach me publicly with being a 

 deceiver."* 



On this, however, we object to the use of 

 cabbages, or much use of any green food, as 

 tending to reduce the firmness of fibre in the 

 flesh, and would substitute potatoes ; which 

 Cobbett would, we doubt not, have himself 

 recommended, were it not for the whimsical 

 prejudice which he entertained against them. 

 In point of fatting, nothing is, in fact, equal 

 to corn. We have fed poultry of all sorts, 

 and on all kinds of grain, for our own use, 

 both in this country and abroad, without 

 either cooping or cramming, and without any 

 other especial care than cleanliness, dryness, 

 and full feeding, and have always found 

 them of excellent quality. 



It is amusing to see the variety of opinions 

 * Cottage Economy, p. 129. 



