140 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 lookat them.” Their cackling, it will be remembered, saved 
Fig 42. 
Emppen o8 BREMEN GEESE. 
