To produce the fat fowls, that are seen in greater perfection in the London markets than elsewhere, and which are generally termed (although they are not) capons, Dorkings are cooped for fatting at the age of three to four months in summer and five to six in winter, being fed with oatmeal, mixed with water or milk; this must be given fresh three times a day, the first meal being _early_ in the morning; and, in addition, the birds should be supplied with whole corn (either dry or boiled), gravel, clean water, and a turf or green meat; the most scrupulous cleanliness as to troughs, coops, &c., being observed. By these means a fowl, if previously well fed, will be fat enough for any useful purpose in a fortnight to three weeks; should they be required very fat, some mutton suet; or, what is equally good, the parings of the loins of mutton, may be chopped up with the food. The unnatural process of cramming is frequently recommended, but I have never found it necessary. It should be borne in mind that a fowl cannot be kept in the greatest degree of fatness for any length of time, as the over repletion soon causes internal disease. The houses must be dry, quiet, dark, and warm, and the fatting coops carefully kept from draught, and warmly covered at night during cold weather. SPANISH.--The true Spanish fowls, known by their uniform black colour, burnished with resplendant tints of green, the great development of comb and wattle, and the peculiar white face, which should be free from any other colour, are magnificent birds. Regarded as profitable poultry, their strong recommendation consists in the number and very large size of the eggs laid by them. The hens seldom attempt to hatch, and are bad sitters and nurses; their eggs should consequently be hatched by other varieties. The chicken are slow in feathering, but I have not found them so delicate as is sometimes stated, it is not however desirable to hatch them very early in the season, as they run about for a long time with naked necks and wings; and there is a remarkable difference in the fowls of the same brood, some being far superior in size and qualities to the remainder. In purchasing Spanish, blue legs, the entire absence of white or colored feathers in the plumage, and a large white face, with a very large high comb, which should be erect in the cock, though pendant in the hens, should be insisted upon. Although the flesh is of good quality, yet, from the want of size, the length and darkness of the legs, the Spanish is not equal to the Dorking for the table, and from the long period of their moulting, the laying in winter is considerably interfered with; nevertheless, the large size and number of their eggs renders them most profitable, and their handsome carriage and striking contrast of colour in the comb, face, and plumage recommend them to all; they are perhaps better adapted for a town fowl than any other variety, as when full grown they seem to suffer less