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month. As a rule the operation can be most quickly 



and economically done in a properly made coop. 



Figure i illustrates one that is admirably adapted to 



^^ff^f^^T^p^'^^k, the purpose. A portion of the 



"tf^^ nlatai^i^i^^i^ ^^^ ■ ^^'^^^ '^^^^ ^® ^^t away to show 



^W^i^h^i^ T^^R-^ its interior. It is eight feet long, 



Fig. 1. three feet wide and four feet 



high in front, two-and-a-half feet high in the rear, 



and set two feet from the ground. 



A pole is attached to a movable partition, which 

 slides on slats. When it is desired to catch the fowls, 

 by laying hold of the pole where it protrudes through 

 the end the fowls are all drawn up close to the door. 

 The bottom is made of slats. The feeding trough is 

 six inches wide and four inches deep and has a lid. 



When large numbers are to be prepared at one 

 time a fattening coop is not available. But wherever 

 it may be done the birds should be kept in a quiet 

 and restful state. This will preclude the putting 

 together those of different flocks and ages that are 

 likely to fight and keep up a turmoil in the pen. 



Ducks and ducklings do best in small pens or 

 yards. The same may be said of goslings. Old geese 

 will fatten while running at large. Water fowl need 

 more vegetaljle food while fattening than do chickens. 

 No poultry, however, should be fed green vegetables 

 or grass for two days before being killed. Onions, 

 turnips, cabbage, fish or other food having a pungent 

 odor should not be fed during the fattening period. 



Turkeys do not thrive well in confinement and 

 can best be fitted for market while on the range, but 

 special care should be taken for a month or six weeks 



