SG I'OULTEY FEEDING AND FATTENING 



the right hand on crop and press the treadle with the 

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

 the crop can be filled full. See Figure 10, which shows 

 several cramming machines in a large plant. Several 

 types of cramming machines are shown in Figures 11, 

 12 and 13. 



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

 but 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 

 resiilts are desired. The food should be mixed to a 

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

 all right take note of the droppings. They should not 

 be watery, but of a consistency to hold together. II 

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

 gain most during the second week. 



The main points in fattening by cramming are to 

 watch j'our birds and know the amount of food to give. 

 It is well to slightly ferment the food before feeding. 

 This may be done by mixing the food up twelve to 

 twenty-four hours before feeding. If the weather is 

 cool the food should be put in a warm place. 



Figuring the Profit — The difference between fat- 

 tening fowls by cooping and feeding by trough and 

 feeding by 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 do well do not gain nearly so much as those 

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

 trough is less than when tlie machine is used, bxit the 

 cost of time when fed by machine is not over three 

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

 l)ird fed by cramming machine weighs four pounds at 

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



