86 POlLTIiT FEEDIXCI AND rATTE^nNG 



the right hand on crop and press tlie treadle with the 

 foot. \vt first, feed the bird lightly. After a few days 

 the crop can l)c filled full. See Fignre 10, which shows 

 several cramming machines in a lai'ge ]ilant. Several 

 types of cramming machines are shown in Figures 11, 

 13 and 13. 



As to the feed, some use one thing, some another, 

 Init do not feed too much corn meal. Be sure to use 

 pulverized charcoal in the feed, about three pounds to 

 100 pounds of feed. It is a peculiar characteristic of 

 fowls that they can assimilate a large amount of fat, 

 and this point should not be overlooked when very best 

 results are desired. The food sliould be mixed to a 

 consistency of thick cream, and to be sure the food is 

 all I'ight take note of the droppings. They should not 

 1)0 -n-atery, Init of a consistency to hold together. If 

 the fowls have 1ieen fed right, it will be noted that they 

 gain most during the second week. 



Tlie main points in fattening by cramming are to 

 watch your Ihrds and know the amount of food to give. 

 It is well to slightly ferment the food before feeding. 

 This may lie done Ijy mixing the -food up twelve to 

 twenty-l'our liours before feeding. If the weather is 

 cool the food should be put in a warm place. 



Fif/iiriiif/ ilie Profit — The difference between fat- 

 tening fowls by coopjing and feeding by trough and 

 feeding Ity cramming is the extra weight of flesh that 

 is put on. Aside from the fact that a good many birds 

 actually lose flesh when cooped and fed from troughs, 

 those that ilo well do not gain nearly so much as those 

 fed by machine. ISTow the cost of time of feeding in 

 trough is less than when the machine is used, but the 

 cost of time when fed by machine is not over three 

 and one-Imlf cents per bird for three weeks. If the 

 bird fed by cramming machine weighs four poxmds at 

 start of feeding, it should weigh six pounds after fat- 



