C»c RURAL NEW-YORKER 
685 
Crate Feeding for Poultry 
Two years ago we had a series of ar¬ 
ticles on crate feeding of poultry. A 
very large business is done in buying up 
stock from farmers, bringing it to a 
central place, and fattening the birds 
rapidly so as to produce a high class of 
Poor Type of Bird for Feeding. Fig. 264 
meat. The Wisconsin Experiment Sta¬ 
tion has now issued Circular 66, which 
shows how this work is done. The pic¬ 
tures here shown are taken from this 
circular. It seems that in order to make 
much if any profit out of this feeding the 
Desirable Bird of Strong Vitality. Fig. 265 
buyer must know how to select good 
birds. In this respect poultry feeding is 
much like steer feeding. There are cer¬ 
tain individuals that will not naturally 
fatten rapidly, and these cannot make 
economical use of their food. The suc- 
Feeding Crate Outside of building. Fig. 266. 
ce.ssfiil fattener must know these birds 
by sight, and reject them when he buys. 
Chickens, like human beings, betray much 
of their capacity in the shape and ap¬ 
pearance of their head. The bird shown 
at Fig. 264 is called a poor feeder. These 
long, crow-headed birds are not profit- 
A Battery of Feeding Crates. Fig. 267. 
able, as they usually lack vigor, and they 
must have that quality to put on flesh. 
f)n the other hand the bird shown at 
Fig. 265, is called a good feeder. This one 
made a gain of 40 per cent, in 15 days’ 
tceding. This bird has a bright eye, 
strong beak, and a well-proportioned 
head, all of these indicating strong vital¬ 
ity. The birds are fed in coops. Fig. 
266 shows such a coop or crate placed on 
the outside of a building. Pig. 267 shows 
what is known as a battery of feeding 
crates, one above the other, and lined 
with wire. There is a trough in front 
for the birds to eat, and water must be 
supplied. Such birds are usually fed on 
a mash, moistened to about the consis¬ 
tency of mortar with buttermilk or skim- 
milk. Hence these birds arc called milk- 
fed. A couple of rations recommended m 
this circular are given as follows: 
Sixty per cent, finely ground cornmeal, 
40 per cent, red dog flour, if red dog 
flour is not easily available a good grade 
of white middlings may be used. An¬ 
other good ration may be made of 50 
per cent, finely ground cornmeal, 30 per 
cent, oatmeal or sifted ground oats, 20 
per cent, middlings. 
Care is taken not to over-feed during 
the first two days. Later, or after the 
third day, the birds are given all they 
can eat up in 20 minutes, morning, noon 
and night. About 2 lbs.'of buttermilk or 
skim-milk should be given with each 
pound of dry feed. Thus the birds are 
put into these crates and remain' there 
with all the soft food they can consume 
for about 15 days. They then are taken 
out for slaughter. Perhaps not so many 
of our readers will care to take this up 
as a business, biit it would be profitable 
for many farmers to buy a few birds in 
the city market, take them home, and 
stuff them in this way for family use. 
They will provide a good quantity of fine 
meat in this way at a moderate cost. We 
often hear from people who are keeping 
a high quality of Leghorns, and they do 
not like to use these valuable birds for 
eating. In some cases they follow this 
plan of crate feeding, buying ordinary 
stock in the city, fattening it in this way, 
thus getting a good supply of cheap meat, 
and not using their own superior stock. 
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Farm Postscripts 
In all the talk about conserving the 
food resources of the country and increas¬ 
ing the food supply, the main idea seems 
to be to urge the farmers to grow more 
food products, and especially wheat and 
corn. That is all right, but the fact re¬ 
mains that the farmers are doing just 
about all that is humanly possible al¬ 
ready, and it is very doubtful if there is 
any chance with the prc.sent scarcity of 
labor for them to increase their output. 
They are doing their best, and urging and 
scolding won’t help any. F. A. 
Brown University is giving full ci'edit 
for students who after !May 1st work on 
farms instead of attending classes. A 
lazy student about to fail can find a job 
in the country about which he knows 
very little, and the war gives an excuse 
by which he gets full credit for his col¬ 
lege work. This was told me this after¬ 
noon. J. F. 
Rhode Island. 
Obey the law—keep your mouth shut 
and “keep at work” is good advice. I try 
to do it. Rut I hope we shall not lose 
free speech entirely, and in our frenzy 
to wipe out militarism in Germany, give 
it a stronger grip on the United States. 
j. F. c. 
The lawn and backyard garden craze is 
laughably serious, and a lot of nonsense 
is printed in our big dailies. I say give 
the real practical farmers the help on 
their farms and there will be no lack of 
a world supply of food. One man in 
Rochester proposes to haul soil to the 
tops of his large buildings and plant gar¬ 
dens up there. The expense of getting 
ready for the crop would far exceed the 
value of all tliat could be grown. I.et us 
be charitable and believe this to be a 
joke. Ti. E. C. 
The farmers are true patriots and will 
do all they can in this present crisis. 
But they have had it rubbed in so long 
and thoroughly that they are going in 
very carefully until they have ample as¬ 
surance by the government that they 
shall at least receive a living wage for 
their labor. A. F. 
I endorse every word Geo. W. Smith of 
Steuben Go., N. Y., says on page 623. I 
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.Tevsey says on same page. 
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