Show HINTS FOR THE POULTRY GROWER the pennsylvania experiment station recently coi conducted ducted some borne tests on the lie fattening of cockerels cockerell cocker els for market two types of bret breeding dane and care by tile th fowls fola belec selected ted viz vis ordin iny faria and closely mau man agid egg laying types various rations i and methods ineth of confinement mero compared the number of fowls fobb forming the group representing a pas nicular method was ten in each case cane ta diio ip results that fann raised pou poultry 1 try of the plymouth rock and rhode island red breeds maybe fattened in crates or pens at a cost for food of 10 to 12 cents centa per pound of gain no difference appeared in the gains aiom crate and pen fed fowls but with fowls of 0 these kinds cloye close confinement resulted in greater econ only omy per pound of gain thin fowlie fowls made mada the cheapest gains fine ground grain and rations rich in protein gave the better results milk was Mi fu perlor to meat scrap us ua a source of protein in the case of the more active egg laying breed represented by leghorn cocker cockerell cockerel eld rf fattening was profitable with bov fowls Is weighing up tip to two and a hulf pounds but not beyond that limit at present food and poultry values the cost of gain with this breed ranged i d from to 12 cents per pound with the lighter bird birds 4 regular regi ilar grow lug rations were tu fu perlor to special fattening mixtures and lose flose confine ment was not as as conditions permitting soine exercise |