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METHODS OF POULTRY MANAGEMENT. 



FEEDING THE COCKERELS FOR MARKET. 



At the JNIaine Station many of the cockerels are to be used for 

 breeding purposes, and they are fed in flocks of about too on 

 the range in about the same way as the pullets. The dry-feed 

 method is now used for them as satisfactorily as for the pullets. 



Fig. 12. End and top view of trough with cover open and slatted 

 front removed. Note hook which holds front in place. 



A very large proportion of the cockerels raised in New Eng- 

 land are sent to the market alive, without being fattened. Quite 

 extended experiments at the Maine Station with many birds in 

 different years indicate very clearly that keeping the cockerels 

 for a few weeks with special feeding will add materially to the 

 selling price. Not infrequently this will make the difiference 

 between loss from the low price obtained for slow-selling un fat- 

 tened birds and the profit from comparatively quick-selling 



