100 FATTENING. 



and a great advantage is, that they never quarrel 

 with each other, nor interfere with the breeding 

 hens. 



" They can mix with these with impunity, and 

 are available in winter and spring of the following 

 year, when cockerels have become too old and 

 coarse for the epicure's table. 



" Practical instructions as to the process of 

 caponizing can always be obtained from our 

 establishment. 



" With regard to cramming, I may say that it 

 is wholly unnecessary, provided the fowls have 

 abundance of the best food at regular intervals, 

 fresh air, and a free run ; in confinement fowls 

 may gain fat, but they lose flesh. 



"None but those who have had experience 

 can form any idea how hoik qualities can be 

 obtained in a natural way. 



"I have seen fowls reared at Inchmartine 

 (which had never been shut up, or had food 

 forced upon them), equal, if not superior, to the 

 finest Surrey fowl, or those fattened by myself 

 for the Royal table. 



" C. MUIEHBAD." 



