. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. NEED FOR FATTENING 349 to be satisfied with a very poor quality. The average quality of chicken seen in the retail store and on hotel tables in this country is far below that found abroad—in France, England, Belgium, Denmark and so on. This is largely due to the great consumption of broilers, which, however good they may be in some respects, lack the tenderness and abundance of flesh found on fowls that have been properly fattened before (Courtesy Wisconsin Experiment Station) Fig. 226.—Home-made fattening crate located in the lee of a building
. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. NEED FOR FATTENING 349 to be satisfied with a very poor quality. The average quality of chicken seen in the retail store and on hotel tables in this country is far below that found abroad—in France, England, Belgium, Denmark and so on. This is largely due to the great consumption of broilers, which, however good they may be in some respects, lack the tenderness and abundance of flesh found on fowls that have been properly fattened before (Courtesy Wisconsin Experiment Station) Fig. 226.—Home-made fattening crate located in the lee of a building. These crates can be utilized for broody hens as well. In fact, as a general practice the fattening or finishing of poultry by special processes is virtually an unknown industry in this country. The common plan has been to let the fowls eat all the corn they will consume for a couple of weeks before marketing, but this method does not produce prime table poultry in a strict sense of the term. Corn has a distinct tendency to put on weight—this is unquestionable; but this weight consists mainly of a heavy. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Roberts, Howard Armstrong, 1885- [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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