FEEDING OF FOWLS 



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funnel with a spoon. As soon as the crop is full the 

 funnel is removed. 



Machine cramming is the most approved process of 

 finishing fowls for market after they have been partly 

 fattened in crates by trough feeding. It is performed 

 by means of a device known as a cramming machine. 

 One of these machines is shown in the accompanying 

 illustration; it is supplied with a reservoir from which 

 the liquid food used passes into the force pump. In 



using this machine, the operator places his foot on the 

 treadle and forces it down, thus pulling the pump rod 

 attached to a bumper inside the force pump and forcing 

 the food through an outlet into the crop of the fowl. 

 The quantity of food given to each fowl is regulated 

 by a setscrew. 



The fattening rations best suited for feeding by 

 the cramming machine, but which may also be used in 

 other methods of crate feeding, are given in the 



