| Show fattening poultry nearly all poultry is sold by the pound whether alive or dressed and in sending to market it is an item to have them weigh as well as possible in n many cases a very few days feeding it if properly done will wake make a considerable difference in this respect on the farm where the fowls can have the range of the fields they ought to be in good thrifty condition and it if well fed will fatten rapidly y it is best however not to put them on full feed all at once but gradually to increase the ration until they are given all that they will eat up clean if they are to be fattened rapidly it will be best to confine in i a close pen so dark that they can just see to eat well and then feed them five times a day corn or cornmeal is of course one of the very best beat materials that can be used and if they are supplied with all they can eat they will fatten rapidly potatoes boiled until sott soft and then mashed and bran and cornmeal added with a little salt and pepper to season will make up a cheap fattening ration or cornmeal bran and oil oll meal with buck wheat can often be used to ad vantage it is quite an item to feed regularly and to feed at each meal all that they will eat up clean and to supply them with plenty of pure water turkeys geese ducks and chickens can all be fattened rapidly it the proper pains are taken and the additional weight can be put in alagood at a good profit from ton ten days to two weeks feeding is generally all that is necessary to fatten properly poultry like all other products must muse be in good marketable condition to sell at the best prices |
