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February. Turkeys and pullets with eggs, capons, fowls, 
fmall chickens, hares, all forts of wild fowl (which in this 
month begin to decline) tame and wild pigeons, tame rabbits, 
green geefe, young ducklings, and turkey poults. 
March. This month the fame as the preceding month ; and 
in this month wild fowl goes quite out. 
April. Pullets, fpring fowls, chickens, pigeons, young wild 
rabbits, leverets, young geefe* ducklings, and turkey poults. 
May. The fame. 
June. The fame. 
July. The fame; with young partridges* pheafants, and wild 
ducks, called flappers or moulters* 
Auguft. The fame. 
September, October, November, and December. In thefe 
months all forts of fowl, both wild and tame, are in feafon ; and 
in the three laft, is the full feafon for all manner of wild fowl. 
How to chiife poultry. 
T0 know whether a capon is a true one> young or old 9 new or Jlale . 
IF he be young his fpurs are fhort, and his legs fmooth ; if a 
true capon, a fat vein on the fide of his bread, the comb pale, 
and a thick belly and rump: if new, he will have a clofe hard 
vent; if ftale, a loofe open vent. 
A cock or hen turkey , turkey poults. 
IF the cock be young, his legs will be black and fmooth* and 
his fpurs fhort5 if ftale, his eyes will be funk in his head, and 
the feet dry; if new, the eyes lively and feet limber. Obferve 
the like by the hen, and moreover if (he be with egg, (he will 
have a foft open vent ; if net, a hard clofe vent. Turkey poults 
are known the fame way, and their age cannot deceiveyou. 
A cock , hen y 
IF young, his fpurs arefhort and dubbed, but take particular 
notice they are not pared nor feraped : if old, he will have an 
open vent; but if new, a clofe hard vent: and fo of a hen, for 
newnefs or ftaleneft; if old, hef legs and comb are rough; if 
young* fmooth. 
A tame gcofej wild geofe, a?id bran goofe. 
IF the bill be yellovvifh, and (he has but few hairs, (he Is 
young ; but if lull of hairs, and the bill and foot red, (he is old 5 
if new, limber-footed; if ftale, dry-footed, Andfoof a wild*' 
goofe, and bran goofe. 
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