Show rl FATTEN CHICKS FOR MARKET arizona woman ha has much success with coop covered with wire netting ration used i 1 am having h groat reat success tn in fatten ing my overstock of chick cockerels cocke role for hotel and restaurant trado trade writ writes 08 mrs alino almo of roswell N M in tho the farmers mail and breeze my feeding coop shown in tho the drawing has a solid floor of matched boarde board is covered with an inch of road grit the top is covered with poultry netting over which a solid root roof Is to hinged which may be raised on warm days the front and coop for market feeding west end are covered with wire net not ting the roosts are in the west end of the coob the toed food drawer Is covered with two inch mesh wire netting and one feeding a week will do I 1 teed feed the following mixture for fattening one ono quart each alfalfa meal corn chop and bran and one pint meat craps this way of feeding saves both time and feed and I 1 now make money where I 1 lost money before with ordinary care besides my own stock static I 1 buy chicks of the quick growing breeds to fatten GERMAN EGG LAYING TESTS result results given of experiments made to determine effect of various meat meals on poultry tests were made a short time since in germany to determine the effect of efferent meat meals on poultry during these experiments it was found that the egg production ceased earlier than with nith normal hens fish meal was more favorable for egg production than meat meal the eggs were at f poorer flavor than normal eggs egge nd and could not be preserved i in n the asual w ay the meat meal increased the intensity of the yellow color of the yolk the flesh of the birds fed meat meal neal was normal as regards taste and dor though slightly changed in color melting point and fat which were higher than normal but lower loer than normal with fish meal when fed cadaver meal the flesh of the fowl bad had a rancid taste and whenever fed should be free from froin fat as possible tuberculosis beef beet did not cause tuber celosia in the hens FEED SUPPLY CAN IS US USEFUL galvanized receptacle ax as shown in illustration affords protection from rodents where one keeps nuch linch feed in the poultry house and to protect it from rats and mice a can such as li is shown in the illustration Is the best beat device this Is made of galvanized iron 18 inched high at the back 12 inches in front 9 inches deep and V 11 inches wide it will hold 25 pounds ol 01 A feed supply can whole grain there should be a heavy ball on each can so that it may be bt carried easily and to hang it up by there should be at least a one no can for each poultry houlle this avoids th necessity nece of carrying a measure ol 01 feed around when hen gathering the eggs ou A aa keep cometh something ing in the grit box poultry keeping la Is business of quiet profits suggestions of fall weather are re biving egg prices plowing up runs and yards Is to I 1 seasonable job any time all the milk they will cons Is j help to the molting hens corn makes fat and heat oat oats wheat bran and make eggs |