62 POULTRY LABORATORY GUIDE 



Keep fresh water, grit, and an abundance of 

 green food before them all the time. 



Keep a record of each hen and her chicks, the 

 per cent of mortality, the gain in weight, and the 

 apparent health and vigor of each brood, and 

 compare with artificial brooding. 



Note. — See Figure 14. 



EXERCISE XVIII 



Crate Fattening 



The main requirements for economical fatten- 

 ing are: — 



I. The partial confinement of young fowls. 



II. The feeding at regular intervals, two or 

 three times a day, of a suitable mixture of ground 

 feed. 



Construct a fattening crate out of 1 x 2 inch 

 scantling and laths, making it two feet high and 

 dividing it into three or four pens, each of which 

 should be about 2 x 2J^ feet. Each pen will then 

 hold from four to six birds, depending on the 

 size. Provide a shelf on the front, level with the 

 floor, for the feed troughs. 



Place the crate in a building which can be 

 partially darkened, raising it about three feet 

 from the ground and placing it back to the wall 

 if possible. If it is desired to fatten a large nimi- 



