Show peacocks for food the peacock cannot well be becom mended a market bird it Is too tender in early youth too slow in reaching maturity but as a choice rarity the crown and cap sheaf of a country gentleman s feast it Is un approached and unapproachable this was well understood throughout the age of chivalry hence the knightly oath by the peacock the heron shaw and the ladies whoever swore thus was trebly bound to keep his vow turkeys had not yet come out of the western world to conquer a place among the noble birds which alone were held worthy ot be ing served to royalty the swan and the peacock were the among them and bore rule even be yond the days of queen elizabeth at the the peacock came in the state the same as the boars head and the brawn country life in america |