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Show USE CRATES FOR FATTENING First Essential Is to Cor.fne Fowls So That They Will Get. is Little Exercise as Poftiible. The first essential n fattening fowls of any kind is to hrcp them confined con-fined so that they cas ,et as little exercise as possible. Fi." tr.te purpose crates or Tegular fattepug pens are best. These pens sho d be so arranged ar-ranged that they can be r Isily cleaned. In many cases the bottcva is left slatted slat-ted so that the soft dro-.r. iings caused by the fattening rate: i will drop through and thus not so; the feet and feathers. The following methoi of fattening, in which milk is used, III give satisfactory satis-factory results: A mash consisting ol four parts of cornme.V two parts wheat middlings and 7 e part beel scraps should be wetlM with skim milk until it is thin though to run from a spoon, should t t fed to the chickens in troughs. T; cy should be allowed to eat as much of this mash as they will. In additiK to this thej should be given all tl.'", water thej will drink, and a plentf:Vl supply ol green food. This method produces a very fine, soft, sweet msrat. In commercial milk-fa;jening plants buttermilk is used in combination with ground feed similar to the above method, but the farmer vfill generallj find it more convenient to use' skin milk. In following this metixd of fatten ing, on account of tte soft mast food's liability to contamination, care should be taken to kee p everything clean and saniu.ry. Th& troughs anc dishes should be scalded after eact feeding, and the pens should also bt kept well cleaned. |