Show PROFITS IX IN CHICKENS crate and machine being the prices T F mcgrew mcgraw somo time since wo we published an article on poultry growing north and west and ana re referred ferrea to the large number of fowls that are grown upon the wheat fields of tho the northwest and which are purchased anil and shipped la in to the big packing establishments of kansas hansas city and other western centres bentres cen tres the packers of the west have established enormous finishing plants as they are called for the feeding fattening and preparing of poultry of all kinds for market the fowls here are received in largo large numbers placed la in coops that hold from three to five birds accor according dlug to their size and aro are trough fedl fed that Is 19 they hey are fed a mixture of ground meals properly prepared in troughs and permitted to eat as much as they will consume from three to ivo five times per day poultry crate fattened in this wa way will continue to eat cat well und aud thrive front from nine to twelve days so soon as they cealo to feed themselves ravenously from these troughs what la Is known lis as tho the cramming machine Is 13 brought into service the rite manipulator of the cramming machine must have experience in tho the han handling dillig and feeding of tho the fowls in this way the cramming machine Is com composed of ft a food feea trough or chamber placed upon the top of it 11 three legged movable table us as it might be culled called with a U plunger in the top placed there after tho cylinder Is tilled filled with the properly prepared food and with the pressure of f the foot upon tile the lever the food la is forced through tho the tube into the crop 0 of f the fowl TIIU CRAMMER IS AN EXPERT the operator in charge of the cramming machine macli lne lias has several assistants who bring the fowls from tho the coop cool to him ho he placing tho the t ube tube down the throat beyond the windpipe towards the crop ulla tills the same by a pressure of the foot always gauging ganging the amount forced into the crop by tho the hand pressure upon it this manner of feeding Is carried on for a number of days daya to make the entire period of feeding front froni 19 to 21 lays days an experienced handler knows just the time when the fowls anre tini finished shea ready for killing when tills this time arrives they are speedily killed hilled dry picked and placed in proper condition for market the food made uso use of for this purpose la Is it mixture of meals of several kinds to conform to the requirements of the ni market arket ground oats corn mid mixed with boiled milk or water into a very dry mash or r mixed ili xea food Is inneo use of for the filst 1 12 I 1 to it 11 days for trough feeding dut during ili this his p period tile fowls have grit find and plenty of water to drink dioro chere they ean can belp themselves so soon as they sw alio a disposition to stop feeding themselves all the food water and grit removed from tho trough and vin fin machine macli lne Is brought into servi tile same acal i mixed into a irnel are used for this purpose tile food forced into the crop with the stuffing machine in a semi fauld condition and no water or grit whatever la Is given to the fowls during tills this period the senti semi food furnishing sufficient elent moisture for the greatest improvement GREAT GAIN IN WEIGHT AND QUALITY owls fowls F that are arc fell fed in this way gain largely in weight for instance a fowl placed in the coop weighing three pounds pound and it a quarter hones bones feathers and offal would weigh from one anti anil a halt half to two pounds more when aln finished adding in ili this way was two pounds pound 3 of edible meat to the carcass and so improving the entire carcass ns to add from three to four cents per pound to its value over that of poultry of that kind not so well finished thus a fowl weighing three bree t pounds and a quarter quarte r worth 9 cents per pound would sell for thirty cents as it came from the range the same fowl fow 1 after being fell fed three weeks would we weigh agh five and a quarter pounds and soil sell for twelve cents a pound at tile lowest cal calculi cula tion wit which lell would be 03 63 cents for the samo same carcass after having been red fed for three weeks the estimate placed upon the cost of feeding Is about ten to twelve cents per head what Is known as tile the yellow skinned or poultry la Is prime favorite in the markets of this country to intensify and beautify the richness of these colors meal made front from yellow corn Is largely used in the process of fattening for the english market which Is largely catered to by these packers fowls having the white color of flesh are preferred to intensify and improve this ground oats meal from white corn aria and some homo finely ground rice Is made use of to add luster finish and quality to all these a small email per cent of melted tallow Is mixed into the warm mash and fed in a semi liquid state the last four or ali five c dav days a of feeding rite fattening of poultry with corn adds fatty globules glo bules throughout the entire carcass A fowl that has been fat fattened tenca with corn Is usually what might bo be termed greasy meat me it while poultry finished or fattened in this way lays on close or solid meat with no globules gloh glo bules of fat scattered through it crate nna and machine fattened poultry sells for the highest prices of any poultry sent to market A peculiarity in these conditions is the fact that poor or interior inferior specimens cannot be successfully fattened or finished lit in this way only the well grown thrifty specimens c can n be proult ably crate fattened and improved in wk wiit and character clia of flesh one must understand thoroughly well tho thi process of oe handling poultry for this purpose or lie c succeed where it Is 13 won ione done and ana nicely ti 0 I 1 s it ed and an 1 I prepared prep ared for market poultry finished binl s lied in this manner Is the most desirable both in this country and abroad PACKING FOR MARKET in packing for market square boxes that will hold boia 12 21 atia and 18 48 chickens are made use of fowls fouls all of one on c size and weight with the same appearance pe pei ranco arance are picked packed in one box this plan Is of great advantage in selling farmers and country people generally lose a large amount of profit through the lie carelessness in dressing and sending fit their fowls to market when nicely graded gr add and selected all of one kind in ILI a package both bolli eggs and poultry bring the highest prices price 3 it la Is the finest quality that makes the profit lit in poultry growing this Is what the large pac picking kint houses which handle of thousands of fowls in this way aim to make of all they fatten |