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MRS. BASLEY'S WESTERN POULTRY BOOK 



of the whole cut clover or alfalfa meal ; 1 tablespoonful each of salt 

 and pulverized charcoal ; Y? pt. beef scraps. 



Tuesday morning \ l / 2 pts. mixed grain, wheat and rolled barley. 

 Noon : green feed, pumpkins or clover ; 1 pt. green cut bone. Even- 

 ing: Mash, 1 pt, cooked vegetables and table scraps, 1 qt. bran, 1 pt. 

 cornmeal, a little salt and pepper. 



Wednesday morning \y 2 pt. mixed grain; wheat, hulled oats, 

 kaffir corn. Noon: Cabbage or beets. Evening: Mash, 1 pt. peas 

 or beans soaked over night, boiled with a little soda until soft ; l / 2 

 pt. dried blood, or beefscraps, 1-3 cut clover. If you cannot get 

 beans cheaply, use potatoes or other vegetables. 



Follow the same system the remaining three days. 



Sunday, instead of the mash, scald three pints of rolled barley 

 in the morning, cover and leave to steam. Feed in the evening in- 

 stead of the mash ; this makes a pleasant change and saves work for 

 the Sabbath. 



The reason for feeding the mash at night is to keep the hens 

 busy scratching all day and so send them to roost with their crops 

 full. There is danger of the American and Asiatic fowls becoming 

 too fat and lazy without exercise if given the mash in the morning. 



Fattening Fowls 



Fowls to be fattened should be confined in small yards or in 

 coops or crates, especially adapted for feeding. The object in keep- 

 ing them in confinement is to prevent the forming of muscle and 

 sinew, which would occur if allowed to run at liberty-. 



The crate used for fattening fowls can be four or six feet long. 

 Mine were composed of lath six feet long; the frame of the crate 



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Three-Compartment Fattening Crate 



is 6 feet long, 18 inches wide and 18 inches high, divided into six 

 little stalls or compartments. The frame is covered with lath, 

 placed lengthwise on the bottom, back and top the width of one 

 lath apart. The first lath on the bottom should be two inches from 

 the back to allow the droppings to fall through, otherwise they 

 would lodge on the lath at the back. The lath are placed up and 



