The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . owncocks to gain 6 lb. each in a fortnight by this pro-cess, and hens have increased by 4 lb., andalthough the cramming of turkeys by machines isnot commonly practised, I have no doubt that itis the most satisfactory and profitable birds must be crammed twice a day, filliDgthe crop at each meal, and then returning themto their shed, which should be kept nearly food must be semi-liquid!, in order to passthrough the nozzle, and may consist asbefore of bailey meal, finely ground oats, andskim-milk, with tallow at the rate of 2 t
The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . owncocks to gain 6 lb. each in a fortnight by this pro-cess, and hens have increased by 4 lb., andalthough the cramming of turkeys by machines isnot commonly practised, I have no doubt that itis the most satisfactory and profitable birds must be crammed twice a day, filliDgthe crop at each meal, and then returning themto their shed, which should be kept nearly food must be semi-liquid!, in order to passthrough the nozzle, and may consist asbefore of bailey meal, finely ground oats, andskim-milk, with tallow at the rate of 2 to S each bird per day—not per meal, as ha9 some-times been recommended. When large turkeysare to be crammed, a wooden stand or table shouldbe made, upon which they may be placed to raisethem level with the machine, as they can hardlybe taken under the arm, as fowls and smallturkeys are held. The flesh of turkey s crammedwith semi-liquid food is saul to be superior inquality to that of turkeys orammed by any otherprocess. H. m: turkey raiser, and by liberal feeding now farmerswho have a large flock of turkeys may make up forsome of the loss occasioned by a wretched seems to be a shortage in the turkey cropas compared with past years, but it is noticeablethat the birds are particularly well grown and inbetter condition than they have been in mid-November of other years, and this is due to theliberal stubble feeding which they have the stubbles are now practically cleared ofgrain, and in order that turkeys may lose nothing-of the condition which they have gained moved at once to the fattening sheds. Whilstbeing fattened turkeys must be confined to a houseor shed, and as there are few farmers who have aspecial house for this purpese, it is generallynecessary to make use of any farm building thatcan be spared for a few weeks. These birds willnot thrive in a close atmosphere, and ordinaryfowl-houses are too small and stuffy f
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