. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 31, 1908. THE FARM 1 PREPARING FOR MARKET. If farmers realized how great a gain can be made on chickens by confining them ten day- or two Hook?, more would take up the practice. Chickens on range grow bone and muscle and develop strong constitutions, but are not apt to be sufficiently plump to sell to good advantage as broilers. After they reach about two pounds in weight on the range, if they are confined to a small run and fed on soft food, it a very short time to gain one-half pound each. This method not
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 31, 1908. THE FARM 1 PREPARING FOR MARKET. If farmers realized how great a gain can be made on chickens by confining them ten day- or two Hook?, more would take up the practice. Chickens on range grow bone and muscle and develop strong constitutions, but are not apt to be sufficiently plump to sell to good advantage as broilers. After they reach about two pounds in weight on the range, if they are confined to a small run and fed on soft food, it a very short time to gain one-half pound each. This method not only makes rapid gain, but tends to combine more fat with the meat, making it of bet- ter quality and more juicy. Care must be taken, however, not to confine them too long. When they be- gin to lose their appetite it is time to sell; but the period of good appetite may be prolonged by furnishing them some green stuff to keep them in good condi- tion. My method is this: I have a pen with laths nailed vertically about one and a half inches apart. A board is laid on the floor or ground and the mash is placed on this, which gives them a chance to put their heads through the slats and eat, and at the same time keeps their feet out of the food. My mash is made as follows, for, say, thirty-five chicks: One quart of meal, over which boiling water is poured, to swell and thicken it. Into this I stir another quart of meal, one of bran and a good handful of meat scraps. This I feed twice daily, morning and night. I think two feeds a day better than three, for even with a light feed at noon they fail to attack their mash at night with sufficient avidity. They need to fill up as full as possible for the night. Under this treatment they plump out rapidly and weigh well, and can be disposed of sooner.—D. J. Eyther in Tribune Farmer. COTTON-SEED MEAL FOR COWS. The Missouri Experiment-Station has been making some feeding tests of cot- tonseed-meal and linseed-meal for dairy cows. The station
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