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Packing- Specially Fattened Roasting Cliicliens. 



remembered that this ration is very rich and the chicks will 

 soon tire of it unless tliey have plenty of fresh air and some 

 exercise, especially if any food is allowed to remain before 

 them between meals. A ration less rich is sometimes ad- 

 visable and may be made by removing the beef scraps and 

 increasing the amount of bran, so that the ration will be 

 two parts corn meal, two parts ground oats and two parts 

 wheat bran, mixed with milk. Milk is very necessary in the 

 fattening ration, as it is of considerable value as a flesh former 

 and at the same time makes the mash much more palatable. 

 The mash containing beef scraps will put fat and flesh on 

 much more rapidly than the one without it. 



When white nieat is desired, together with a white ap- 

 pearance of the flesh, less corn and corn meal should be given 

 the fattening birds. In the experiments at the Ottawa 

 Station referred to, a ration composed of two parts ground 

 oats and one part each of barley and corn meal, mixed with 

 skim milk, was found very satisfactory for use with the 

 ^'pen" and "crate" fattening methods. Although the 



