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added, twice a day, and whole barley or oats for the last meal 

 before roosting time. 



On the 24th of November all the turkeys were brought into 

 the yards for fattening, and th'rty large, healthy cockerels of 

 uniform size and weight were selected for the purpose of the 

 experiment. These were divided into three lots, each containing 

 ten birds, and were housed in an airy shed, thirty feet long by 



Turkey Prepared for the London Market. 

 (Breast View). 



fifteen feet wide. This shed was divided into three compart- 

 ments by means of closely-boarded partitions, and thus each 

 flock of ten turkeys had to itself a room ten feet by fifteen. 

 Attached to each compartment there was also a small yard 

 in which the birds were fed and given exercise daily. Three 

 different methods of fattening were carried out from the 24th of 

 November until the 15th of December. The following table 



