Show ROASTING CHIq NS FINISHED ON MILK r M h of the uIt t to the con conn suming public Is In an unfinished con con- Fleshing or fattening puts weight onto the birds improves the flavor causes the muscles to become tender lender and the bores bones brittle V ll Cl the fat Ss Is c between be- be tween J bers In n a way o the Ih In roasts and steaks s. s In Ia Inthe the the roasting of c cooking oking poultry the fal lS s In shortening rth the tInie of of C may be C te lean bIrd which w r requites quItes longer cooking and Cr l i which the water evaporates leavIng leavIng leav- leav Ing the bird In a dry and tough condi tion Most milk feeding of roasting chickens chickens chick chick- ens by the producer Is done In the fall when the weather Is cool and the dle birds can better stand confinement The The time just preceding Thanksgiving and ChrIstmas Is most desirable Young bIrds weighing from 3 33 to 4 pounds are about the right weIght for fall feeding Broiler fleshIng Is done n n the spring when the birds weigh about one halt pound less les than the market demand which Is normally two pounds Two common methods of feedIng are pen and crate fattening For farm purposes pen fattening will wUl be satisfactory satisfactory satis- satis factory because no special equipment Is needed The birds are confined to toa toa a limited coop area where they will get or no exercise The lack of exercise helps to make the bird tender ten ten- der Purdue university has found the tal- tal lowing ration and method of feeding quIte satisfactory satisfactory Two Two po pounds ground Gorn Corn One pound J ground oats oats- One pound flour Eight pounds po liquid buttermilk This Is mixed at the feeding prior to th the one It Is to tobe be fed When fed It should pour and be of a thick cre cream in inot ot of pancake batter batter ke-batter consistency The birds should rec receive lve no feed for 24 hours previous to their first milk feedIng This Is dope ope In order to free the Intestines from f feed ed and to get the birds hungry Thereafter they should be fed In troughs twice II a day early In the an rate fate I In the afternoon From 10 to 14 14 days Is the usual len length gf time f Ing 9 r Jour dayS dayS' lief are are on fees the te ted d Uld be In front tor only 10 O minutes ned for three four or four da days day's s 15 minutes and for the last days 20 ninnies minutes The birds be hungry qt at each feeding It If V th thare they are not hungry at at each ooch feedIng that feeding should be withheld Only In very hot weather should anything other than the t two tO O regular feedings be gIven At such the birds may have hate a very thin mixtUre ot of the ration given Ien at L. H Schwartz Purdue University |