BROODER HOUSE MANAGEMENT 25 



In America there is usually a good market 

 for Leghorn cockerels of about ten weeks and 

 .weighing a pound to a pound and a quarter, 

 though the prices vary greatly with the differ- 

 ent sections of the country. 



Where the prevailing prices are satisfac- 

 tory the cockerels intended for market are 

 put on a forcing ration as soon as their sex 

 can be distinguished. The forcing ration 

 differs from the ordinary growing ration 

 largely in its increased proportion of ground 

 feed. The cockerels are continued on this 

 ration until they are nearly the size desired 

 when they are put in crates which limit their 

 exercise and are milk fed. The milk fatten- 

 ing ration may consist of : 



2 parts corn meal 



1 part wheat middlings or shorts 



1 part oat flour 



8 parts buttermilk 



I always save cockerels for breeding pur- 

 poses, the basis of selection being vigor, 

 There is a house with alternate yards for 

 cockerels only, where they are kept over the 

 autumn and winter, miming together as one 



