The Philo system of progressive poultry keeping . ullets that are bred for eggs, as they ^should be retained regard-less of the required standard qualities. The utility birds are more easily selected at a very young ageas those looking the brightest and the ones maturing in advanceof others of the same age will always make the hustling should have a bright keen eye, be quick in motion, and bethe first to reach the feed when it is given them. This class willbe the last to take up their abode for the night, and the first toput in an appearance in the morning. 29TWO POUND BROILERS IN EI
The Philo system of progressive poultry keeping . ullets that are bred for eggs, as they ^should be retained regard-less of the required standard qualities. The utility birds are more easily selected at a very young ageas those looking the brightest and the ones maturing in advanceof others of the same age will always make the hustling should have a bright keen eye, be quick in motion, and bethe first to reach the feed when it is given them. This class willbe the last to take up their abode for the night, and the first toput in an appearance in the morning. 29TWO POUND BROILERS IN EIGHT WEEKS. The care of the chickens during the first three weeks is the sameas before described, and the work of finishing up the broilers is ac-complished in the following five weeks. After the first three weeks they should be fed little and often,five times daily to get the best development in the shortest spaceof time. All food should be moistened with milk excepting the crackedcom fed at night and the dry wheat bran that is constantly before. TjWo-Pound Broilers, Eight Weeks Old. them. Sweet milk to drink, as well as water, should be given toget the best quality and largest quantity at the proper age The mash at first should consist of equal parts of corn meal,ground oats and wheat bran. When they are four weeks oldgradually change the bran for middlings until one sixth of themash is composed of middlings when six weeks old gradually in-crease the amount of com meal and add a little linseed meal tothe mixture. 30 All moistened food for chicks or fowls should be slightly saltedas if for table use. The chicks should be provided with cut clover, or other greenfood, and not over twenty chicks put in a single flock. When forcing for heavy weight they must be kept on the groundto prevent leg weakness. The ground should be spaded nearlyevery day and not allowed to get wet from a soaking rain. When the feeding has been properly handled the crops shouldbe stuffed at night. If they a
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