CHAPTER XIX 



FATTENING POULTRY AND SHIPPING 

 POULTRY PRODUCTS 



258. Poultry Should Be Fattened for Market. Hens and young 

 birds intended to be sold in the market should be fattened before 

 being marketed. 



259. Length of Time for Fattening. The birds should be fat- 

 tened fourteen days. 



260. Milk-Feeding Fattening Fowls. Milk-fed fowls have a 

 superior flavor, and in many markets, such as that of New York, 

 dressed milk-fed broilers bring a premium of five cents a pound. 



261. How Poultry Is Fattened. Hens or frying chickens are 

 placed in small coops about thirty inches square and fed morn- 

 ing, noon, and night. 



262. How Much to Feed Fattening Chickens. Fattening chick- 

 ens are easily thrown off their feed ; when once thrown off, they 

 will not fatten well. Give just as much food as they will clean 

 up in twenty minutes and then take away any left over. Do 

 not let them have so much food that they get sick of it. Keep 

 their appetite keen. 



263. What to Feed. One part each of ground feed and two 

 parts of buttermilk or sour skim milk give the best results. 

 This makes a inixture of about the consistency of batter and 

 must be fed from a trough. 



264. Feed Mixtures for Fattening Chickens: 



Corn meal 9.5 pounds 



Wheat middlings 9.0 pounds 



Red dog flour 8.3 pounds 



Meat meal 2.5 pounds 



Soybean meal 33 pounds 



Wheat middlings _ 33 pounds 



Com meal .' 34 pounds 



