A farmer in the proyince of Limburg has hit upon -a curious way of deriving profit, from horseflesh. He keeps some 2 % OQo,;fowls,,whicharethe fattest in the copntr^7<xw_ngto i the way in which he feQ^oe^^^§tj'-.Tfreek he buys two or thriafi^^^M^p^hich. he cuts up and v•. . r n0i15. ... V -given to his pigs, and they -e^ens ■ novel soup very wellana r; i^v« :r admirably upon it. The meat that has been used for the broth is hashed and given to the fowls, and what remains of the horses' carcase is sold to ihe sugar-refiners, who convert it into lftmp-b&C-» The eggs of the fowls he Beads over to England, realising six centimes a-piece for them, and the fowls go ib« saine way when they h6ve done laying . ejßS*7
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 38, 15 February 1868, Page 2
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