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POULTRY FOR PROFIT 



made 35 inches long, 24 inches deep and 16 inches 

 high. Slats make the best front and can also be 

 used for sides and top. The bottom should be made 

 of half -inch hardware cloth wire to allow the drop- 

 pings to pass through, thus insuring sanitation and 

 clean feet. Under the wire bottom should be placed a 

 metal pan to catch the droppings. This can be re- 

 moved when necessary and easily cleaned. 



"Only birds with good vitality and apparently good 

 vigor should be used, for the feeding capacity of the 

 fowl has much to do with the gain in weight. When 

 the birds have been selected and placed in groups 

 in the coops, they should be starved for 24 hours in 

 order to clean out the intestines and make them hun- 

 gry for the fattening ration. This is fed in a trough 

 placed outside the crate in front of the birds. The 

 birds should appear ravenous and eat greedily. If 





FIGS. 28 AND 29 FEED HOP- 

 PER. UPPER WITH TOP 

 REMOVED TO PUT IN FEED 



they do not, there is something wrong with them, and 

 they should be removed from the coop. When the 

 birds have eaten greedily for thirty minutes the 



