Show preparing surplus poultry for market markiet don t be satisfied this fall by belr se lot 10 bour surplus sui plus poultry for what I 1 they will bring with a little I 1 special care your birds will sell at a profit that will malte worth while jour your trouble and expense of breeding and caring for them through the summer su aimer YOU can get top notch prices for nice plump birds because most try owners give little or no attention to proper fattening in fact birds thit aro are right in every r respect are so haid to get that many buyers are willing to pay several cents more per pound for them it will therefore forebay pay you to immediately roand into proper market condition all your I 1 cockerels except those intended for I 1 trading purposes and also all back f ward pullets you vill find the fat bening process much more simple than is generally believed its principle is simply that of keeping the birds in small darkened quarters thereby allowing them little or no exercise and feeding them a grat gr at deal of fat building food how ever the following description will give you a clearer idea of just how to proceed if your birds have had free range do not attempt to confine them too clasell at once that would make them nervous and fretful so it is bettch to get them accustomed to confinement by fertit enclosing them on a limited range fo for i r len days or ty to O weeks I 1 you ft ill get better results by confining the sexes aeda separately bately and also separating panting se any birds that are quarrelsome twice a day while on lim cited ariage the tile birds should be given a rood good gr grim ain feed that will build up ht fit f it A very ery good one can be made by mixing together two parts of cr cracker ackell or whole corn and one pat adit t of wheat should be fed morning and evening the thud meal should consist of a good f kittening fitten mg mish mash you can cun make such a mash bi mixing together t two 0 pit ts each of corn meal and oits o its with the tile hulls sifted out and one part of beef scrap to each pounds of the mi mixture sture should then be added about four pounds of sand and thoroughly mixed with the other ingredients after 1 1 the entire mass should be made into a creamy paste by stirring in in buttermilk or skim milk buttermilk lb is best because of its greater fattening qualities in addition to the regular feeding you should keep plenty of grit and chirewin chire ch wil before your birds all the time it will also be a good idea to fi tied fied ed them a small quantity of green stuff once a day this will not help in fattening but il will be a welcome variation for the birds and keep them more contented while they are on limited range is the tile time for 3 ou to make fattening crates into walh to move the as soon as 3 ou see that they are accustomed cust cus tomed Ollied to confinement it may seem to you a lot of unnecessary work ork k to make crates but the right degree of fi fitness which means the blk biggest gest profit simply cannot be I 1 gained without them the crates need not be adyth n ng fancy and aad if you can get some olo ciui nary dry drs goods boxes it will only take you a little while to turn them into very serviceable able crates simply sit null nuil wooden strips or lith ith aboss all OSS the top of each box about two inches apart turn it on its side so tint th it the tile slatted side forms the front and it is ready to receive bour our birds there should be no strip at the lower 10 er part of the front as you will want to insert a scraper there to remove the droppings except when this operation is in progress the feed trough can sit along the front you should not crowd the birds in the crates era tes but tle flea must hta but little room to moe about the crates should be kept darket md or in a darkened daik ened room ind no great amount of light admitted incept at meal times As soon as you place your birds in bho the crates they are read for the final fattening process with the exception of grit and charcoal char coil li the should have nothing but soft sort food preferably a mash such as previously previous li mentioned you can feed the birds three times a day as much as ag they will eat of it what they have should be removed from the troughs after half an hour while confined so closer close and being bein fed so heavily heavill you must keep a close watch for any birds tint th it get out of condition remove saiji birds and let them hive irive a little exercise e until they get bick into shape A good tonic will help tham m the er crites ites should be cleaned daily and bisin fectea once a week neek birds will not ci et ite feeding more inore than ten ds or two weeks so just as soon as iou ou see thit they are in proper condition ou should market them be sure to hold 0 it any birds that are not up to the standard I 1 for often one or two poor birds will cut the price of the entire lot several cents a pound the tile infer inferior lor birds cin be sold separate sepa rateb ind and you will then realize the maximum profit on all the birds I 1 if these directions for f kittening in birket arket buds an aie followed aou are sure to vote the trouble worth while and you will get a nice profit ovar the fellow who markets hii surplus poultry the old way the proper method of killing and dressing dressin poultry also has much to do with getting a top notch price the next article in will cover this subject |