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Show MAKE PROFIT IN COCKERELS Neglected by Many Poultry Raiseri When They May Be Made Profitable Profit-able Fatten When Young. (By R. G. WEATHERSTONE.) Too many poultry raisers neglect the cockerels, when in reality they may be made very profitable. Many persons do not know what to do with them, and they grow up without much care and are marketed when in poor condition. Cockerels ought to be separated from the pullets as soon as the 6ex can be easily distinguished. The cockerels may be pretty closely confined con-fined if they are to be fattened for market, and as they are of no other use they should not be allowed to range, because this prevents the laying lay-ing on of fat Feed them twice dally on a porridge made of corn meal, four parts; middlings mid-dlings or cheap flour, two parts; beef scraps, one part, chopped very fine. This should be mixed with milk or water and should not be too sloppy, but just so it will drop from the end of a wooden spoon. If any is left after feeding it should be removed and the feed dish thoroughly thor-oughly cleaned and scalded. The birds should be kept as quiet as possible and given plenty of shade and clean water. When they are three months old they will begin to grow very rapidly under this method of feeding and are soon ready for the market. Their flesh is firm, but not hard and dry as those of the birds that are fed too much dry grain. Many poultrymen use small coops containing four to six birds each, but cockerels can be confined just as well if confined in lots of say 50, with a floor space of about 50 square feet. They should have a lot large enough to give them some exercise, but not too much. The time to fatten cockerels is when they are young, because it costs less than when they are six or seven months old. Fattened at three or four months their flesh is of much superior quality than when allowed to attain their growth. |