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DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



Cobbett says : " As to fattening turkeys, the best way is to 

 never let them get poor. Barley meal mixed with skimmed 

 milk and given them fresh will make them fat in a short time. 

 Boiled potatoes mixed with corn meal will furnish a change of 

 sweet food which they relish much, and of which they may 

 eat as much as they can." 



IV.-THE DOMESTIC GOOSE. 



The domestic goose has acknowledged the sway of man for 

 ages perhaps since the days of Noah. Homer mentions them, 

 where Penelope, relating her dream, says: "I have twenty 

 geese at home, that eat wheat out of water, and I am delighted 

 to look at them." Their cackling, it will be remembered, saved 



Fig 42. 



EMBDEN OR BHEMEN GEESE. 



