POULTRY FOR PROFIT 4$ 
lights if it is light enough to do so by that 
time. 
Thus we have considered the main points in 
feeding for egg production. While we have 
some of these important feeding principles still 
fresh in our mind, let us in the next chapter 
consider feeding birds for their flesh, because 
one very important part of the poultry business 
lies in the feeding of birds for meat. In the 
ordinary flock of birds, there are always some 
that we want to dispose of, such as the male 
birds and the culls of the females. If we know 
how to fatten these, we will be that much 
better off financially. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
FEEDING FOR MEAT PRODUCTION 
The primary object in feeding birds for the 
market is to get them well covered with flesh, 
so that they will be plump all over. It is the 
difference in the weight of the bony skeleton 
and the weight of the well filled out carcass 
that determines the amount of edible meat on 
the bird. Hence our object in this process is 
to put on as much surplus flesh as we can. 
