108 POULTKl' PEEDING AND FATTENING 



chickens are fed twice a day, the food being placed in 

 the trough in front, and the droppings fall through 

 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 skim milk, 

 which 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 

 profitable period for fattening is four weeks. Don't 

 overfeed the first week. Eemove food left over. After 

 first week give them all they will eat. Peed twice a 

 day. Grain should be ground very fine. Skimmilk 

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

 Bupply water and grit. Feed 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, but should not 

 be used longer. Stuff only when the crop is empty. 



The following in tabular form shows the results 

 in 1900 from some of the best Canadian stations: — 



Oaiit is "Weight. Cost or Feed. 



Lba. LbK. ( CtB. Ctt. 



Whitby, Ont 134 263 2. 13.55 5.1 



25 61 2.44 3.27 5.3 



BondviHe, Que 50 14254 ?.S5 7.96 5.6 



Truro, N. S 30 78 2.6 3.38 4.3 



Alberton, P. E. 1 126 314% 2.5 16.12 5.1 



Totals 305 858% 2.35 44.28 5.27 



Feeding FoirJs in Yanis — Tho results of several 

 comprehensive trials by the lEaine experiment station 

 prove conclusively that confinement in small coops as 



