Show 1 I I FATTEN FATTEN BROILERS FOR MARKETING I For the most most part farmers and poultry raIsers ke keep L chickens chicken P LeSh Leghorn s Pay most Q attention to the M production of eggs The They think of eggs as tike the the chief end of poultry kee keep keep- P ing My e eTi experience ence has hns been that by bv paying a little tK more n attention t to o the fattening g and marketing of Leghorns the Income from this tills source c can are l to considerably increased sa says s 's a wrIter write In n the Successful Farming Especially Is t this s true when marketing broilers Leghorn broilers fatten futten easily when confined and force fed for about two weeks They will consume about two 1 pounds of feed during this time and I should show a gain In weight of one- one half naif to three fourths of a pound There are two methods which I I have nave employed ed In fattening broilers These i hese are pen and crate fattening The rhe simplest and most logical method for farm conditions I have found Is I Pen en fattening Following this method the birds are confined in small pens when about one and one-half one pounds In weight and andare andare I I are fed the following mash 25 5 pounds I cornmeal 15 pounds 8 B pounds hounds meat scraps and pound one-half-pound salt This Is fed as a wet mash mush by adding sour milk buttermilk buttermilk Or skim milk The birds are are- fed this mash I three times a da day and are arc permitted to eat ent for half an hour at nt a time when the uneaten portion is remon removed d. d It ls Is Important that the Intervals between the feedings s should be as ns nearl nearly equal a as possible The object of feeding this wet mash Is to get the birds to eat large amounts of food so the they will make maximum gains In the shortest time Corn meal IDeal and milk In any form orm S should be the foundation of any good fattening mash It should also be remembered remembered remembered re- re re re- that when milk Is used In fattening fowls not a too large amount of meat scraps should be he used One reason for the wide spread In prices paid for Leghorn broilers and those of the heavier breeds Is because the Ie Leghorn horn being more active ac nc tive will not t take ke on flesh as readily as the heavier breeds when on free range |