. The chick book, from the breeding pen through the shell to maturity : contains the experience of the world's leading poultrymen ... Poultry. THE CHICK BOOK 71 cloyed. Not only does a careless feeder waste the food, but he puts the chicks out of condition and checks their growth by cloying them, by taking away their appetite. If food is left before them all the time they will actually eat less, and make a slower growth than if fed judiciously and kept a lit- tle bit hungry. Another writer, describing the methods of a New Jer- sey broiler raiser, says: "At first the chicks are fed the in-
. The chick book, from the breeding pen through the shell to maturity : contains the experience of the world's leading poultrymen ... Poultry. THE CHICK BOOK 71 cloyed. Not only does a careless feeder waste the food, but he puts the chicks out of condition and checks their growth by cloying them, by taking away their appetite. If food is left before them all the time they will actually eat less, and make a slower growth than if fed judiciously and kept a lit- tle bit hungry. Another writer, describing the methods of a New Jer- sey broiler raiser, says: "At first the chicks are fed the in- fertile eggs, cooked, mixed with bread crumbs and rolled oats; then gradually corn meal and bran are added to the ration. "Fattening these small birds is a difficult problem. The natural tendency is to make growth instead of laying on fat. For the last ten days before killing the ration consists of two parts corn meal, one part bran, about ten per cent cottonseed meal and from twenty-five to thirty per cent beef scraps. This seems like a heavy feeding of meat, and of course would not do for chicks that are to be raised to maturity. The proper weight for killing, twelve ounces, is reached at about six weeks; however, some reach that weight sooner than ; This writer gives six weeks as the time of raising these twelve-ounce squab broilers by that feeding method. The White Wyandotte chicks told about in the Reliable Poultry Jour- nal, and whose weights are given above, grew to the same weight in exactly four weeks; a saving of thirty-three and a third per cent of time, brooder house room and labor. That saving wouldi fully double the profits, and that saving is made by the improved method of feeding, by feeding a ready mixed ration of seeds and grains. Marketing the Broilers. Most broiler chickens are marketed "dry ; This is partly due to the fact that the people educated up to< appreciating fine broilers are critical, and the better appearance
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