The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-10-16
Mechanical Method for Fattening
Poultry.


In the Gardens of Acclimstion at
Paris II is very scientifically practiced
under the direction Of Nj. Odile Martin.
ITS advantages, say the authorities,
do not consist IN the rapidity Of the
process alone, but above oil in the spec
ial quality of the meat thus produced.
II IL solid, very tender, exceedingly
fine-grained not overfat which would
not be an advantage, very white ia
color, and Of flavor quite exception
ably excellent"
II this Is 40, Of course there is no
help for the chickens. They must
perforce enter their epincttes. and be
mathematicaily crammed. Behold
here the ingenious contrivance Of the
Gardens of Acclimations for manufac.
turing this 'excep,ionaliy excellent"
flavor.
II Is iugs cylinder with fourteen
faces. each In i've stories Of three COM
partments each. II holds, therefore,
2lO fowls. The cylinder is hollow and
empty, except for the Axis on which it
turns. This hollow c0mst ruction ren.
ders it easily ventilated aud kept
clean. Before it is u box for the oper.
ator. This box, or carriage moves up
and down BY pulleys. The gdrrur--
that sounds less offensive than cram
mer operates thus: Commencing at
the bottom of one of these fourteen
fAccs, he seizes with the left hand the
neck Of the chicken, aud pressing 90
each side Of the beak. and the bird is
forced :" open its mouth, as any lady
knows who has doctored sick chick.
en- or canary. The gaceur then intro
duces the metallic end Of the rubber
tube into the throat of the chicken,
and By . pressure Of the foot on a ped
q the food rises, and at the same time
the amount passing through the tube
is indicated on . dial in front Of the
operator. It Is therefore skiilful OPP
GRAFTON; for the gareus, whatever other
motions arc necessary, must pay strict
attention to the needle on the dial, or
he will give his chicken too much or
too little. The three chickens duly
fed, he turns the cylinder on It's axis .
little, and the next face Of it Is before
him. When he has completed the
round he turns the crank, aud the
carriage rises to the next story; and SO
he goes on to the top. Having COM
pleted the upper circuit, every chicken
in that epiaeste Is duly fed. Then he
turns the crank In the other direction,
aud the carriage descends /. i've floor,
where It rests on y rAiirosd. Its then
moved along before the next epinette,
aud the whole opeAtion on 2lO more
chickens is repeated. 4 skiHfM oper-
dt0r tOiX yare, or cram, 4,O chickens ia
an hour. That Is less than niue sec.
Onds to each Que; for the time to move
the cylinder, to mov. tho carriage up,
down, and to the next epiaette, must
be counted out.
Under this epin,Ne regime 1t re-
quires an average Of fifteen days TO
fatten . duck. eighteen for . chicken,
twenty for = goose, and twenty-five for
. turkey. The food used for Oh ems
il barley aud corn meal mixed with
milk into dough so thin that no
other liquid is necessary. The oriiD.
sry quantity given is from ten to
twenty centiliters, or from seven,
tcnths to one aud four-tenths Of a gill
each time; but this quantity i. reached
gradually. When the maximum that
any chicken can assimiiats is found,
the number indicating this quantity
Is placed before its compartment, and
the ga0enr must measure il exactly nn
the dial.
Truly this is an sge Of wonders.
What q labor-ssving invrntion this
epincffc must he to the chickens!
Maybe it is not wise to give these de-
tails. What il some enterprising
American should be thereby tempted
TO invest his whole fortune in grand
improved automaton steam-power
cpincttc, warranted To feed
ten thousand chickens = minute.-
MARIE Rowland, in Warper's Mag
a=ine for October.
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