Answer:

This method of fattening is not practiced very extensively in this country. It is chiefly employed in France and England.

The fowl is confined in a coop just large enough for it to stand comfortably, and at regular intervals" a quantity of semi-liquid food is forced into the crop through a tube inserted in the throat and extending from a drum-like receptacle mounted on three legs.

The machine is operated by foot power and the food consists of ground grains mixed with milk, water, etc., to the consistency of thin mush.