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POULTRY FEEDING AND FATTENING 



a day, cominonly with all the ground maize or wheat 

 flour paste they can be made to eat. When they have 

 become .very fat, usually at the end of about three 

 weeks, they are killed and the livers removed. 



The livers, which are perhaps no more abnormal 

 than the flesh of an overfat hog, commonly appear in 



Pig. 34 KILLING DEPARTMENT OF AN ENGLISH DUCK 



FARM 



our markets in jars or tins in three distinct forms: 

 Foie gras an natnrcl . pate de foie gras (by far the most 

 popular), and puree de foie gras. The foie gras au 

 naturel is simply the liver preserved without any 

 dressing. The pates are made of large pieces of the 

 liver, cooked and dressed with truffles and otlior con- 



