Show U GRATE CRATE TO FATTEN POULTRY some farmers follow that method for quick profits some excellent formulas crate fattening of 0 fowls la Is followed by Y some for quick profit by keeping the chickens in contin confinement ement they do not forni form sinew and muscle as they do when allowed to run at large some gome coops aro are into partitions tlona or stalls each of which will hold two or throe three young chicks or one full grown fowl they should bo be red cd three times a lay all they will entin euten 15 or 20 00 minutes here are arc tomo some formulas for fattening poultry in crates equal parts of bran corn meal and oat meal or rolled breakfast otts oats mixed with skimmed milic fed three times a day buckwheat Duck wheat flour pulverized oats oata and cornmeal corn moal in eual equal parts mixed with buttermilk J H equal parts barley meal and oat weal meal anti and half a part pari of at corn meal mixed with buttermilk or skimmed milk A favorite french combination la Is two parts barley meal one ona part corn meal and one part buckwheat flour A tittle little anit anil and courso sand should bo be added to their food tareq weeks la Is tho the length of time to continue the feeding chickens do not acin seem able to stand the confinement for or a greater length of time during tho the last week of tho the fattening process five per cent of cotton seed ped meal und and a little tallow may bo be added to any of the th above forin formulae ulas A fattening crate la in usually made 6 feet 6 inches long lone 18 to 20 inches anchet high anti and 10 16 inches wide it Is dl di bided vided into three compartments each holding four to live birds according to the lio size of the chickens it Is in made of slats slata except the ends and partitions between tho the compartments compartment which are of solid wood the slats on the top too bottom and back run lengthwise of the coop while those ou on tha front run up and down they are ara usually 1 inches wide and inoh inch thick those thone in front are placed u single crato crate for fattening eang two inches apart to allow the chucto ens to put their heads through for feeding the tha slats on the bottom are placed about of an inch apart so BO as to permit the droppings to pass through to the ground care car should be taken not to have the first bottom blat at the tha back fit closely against the back an opening at tb point prevents the droppings collecting and do composing the slats on the top and back are usually 2 inches apart there Is in a small V shaped trough arranged in front of 0 tho the coop for feeding and watering tho the kb chickens ickens the tr trough 0 ugh Is 2 to 3 inches deep and la Is generally made or 0 inch lumber very fair coops are made boado from old packing boxes by taking oh oft the front and bottom and substituting slats slata in their places as aa shown in the illustration tra tion when fattening chickens inside of a building it Is well to darken the building and keep the birds as quiet as possible |