716 Report on the Exhibition of Implements, 
" In summing up, gentlemen, your Commission wish to state 
that the method of fattening, invented by M. Odile Martin, 
ought to spread rapidly in France, It is convinced that it will 
be very useful in the interests of agricultural production that this 
invention should be known and appreciated at its just value, 
and thinks that the creation of a model establishment at the 
Jardin d'Acclimatation, in Paris, will be the surest means of 
making it known." Within a year of the issuing of the above 
report, M. Odile Martin obtained a concession from the Jardin 
d'Acclimatation and from the City of Paris, for setting up this 
business. Not only have fowls of M. Odile Martin's own feed- 
ing obtained premiums, but many others testify to most satis- 
factory results. Thus, M. Paillard, writing to the inventor, 
states that having shown each year at Paris, a lot of ducks fed 
by his mechanical apparatus, he had obtained a prize at each 
meeting. Again, M. Jules Reiset wrote to the Director of the 
Jardin d'Acclimatation on the 12th May, 1878 : " With M. 
Odile Martin's mechanical feeder, we obtain excellent poultry. 
As regards the rapid production of flesh, I have obtained 
remarkable results, representing a gain of 50 per cent, for each 
fowl." Many other testimonials might be inserted. The appa- 
ratus was exhibited in different forms. The revolving frame, 
with receptacles for 60 fowls, and the feeding apparatus costs 
32/. in Paris, 
Messrs. Christy and Co. exhibited The Engraisseuse or poultry- 
fattening pen, manufactured by Madame Aillerat, of La Fleche, 
France, who was present at Kilburn to explain her invention, 
and to exhibit extraordinary specimens of La Fleche poultry 
fed by this process. I am enabled, through the courtesy of 
Mr. Christy, to reproduce the illustrations from his pamphlet. 
Fig. 10, — Front view of the Engraisseuse for six Fowls. 
Ingress to each compartment is obtained by slides, one of which is shown 
open at A. The feeding trough is seen at c, and one of the drawers, d, which 
receives the droppings, is shown open. 
