108 POULTRY FEEDIXO AXD FATTENING 



chickens are fed twice a da}', the food being placed in 

 the trougli in front, and the droppings fall througli 

 the slats to the ground. Some chickens were fattened 

 on the ground, but those in coops did better. It was 

 found that nothing could take the place of skimmilk, 

 \yhich was used thick and sour about twice as much by 

 weight as of grain. The manure was of some value, 

 and the feathers, averaging four ounces per bird, 

 brought seven cents per pound. 



The following is the Canadian fattening expe- 

 rience boiled down in a practical way : The most 

 ])rofitable period for fattening is four weeks. Don't 

 overfeed the first week. Eemove food left over. After 

 first fl-eek give them all they will eat. Feed twice a 

 day. Grain should be ground very fine. Skimmilk 

 makes flesh and whitens it. Use a little salt, and 

 supply water and grit. Peed tallow the last ten days, 

 mixed hot with ground grain, beginning with one pound 

 tallow to seventy or 100 fowls and increasing to one 

 pound for fifty to seventy. Kill lice with sulphur 

 rubbed under wings and tail. The feeding machine 

 will increase the gain the last ten days, l)ut shoirld not 

 be used longer. Stuff only -s^dien the crop is enipty. 



The following in tabular form shows the results 

 in 1900 from some of the best Canadian stations: — 



Gaix i>' Weight. Cost or Feed. 



S,^-"'""- It Total ^-!?S= Total ^l'';"' 



3" day, j.„„,, each (,^.^ 



Lb». LI]K. t Cts. Ctn. 



Whitbv, Ont 134 263 2. 13.55 5.1 



25 61 2.44 3.27 5.3 



BondviUe, Que .50 1421,1 ?.S5 7.96 5.6 



Truro, N. S 30 78 2.6 3.38 4.3 



Alberton, P. E. 1 126 3141/2 2.5 16.12 5.1 



Totals .365 S5S% 2.35 44.28 5.27 



Feeding Fowls in Yards — The results of several 

 comprehensive trials by the Maine experiment station 

 l)roYe conclusively that confinement in small coops as 



