Show fattening of poultry for holiday markets the chickens that are fat will be the ones that will bring the highest price on the market during the holiday trade always the fat ones are bought before the poor ones so warns D H hall extension poultry husbandman clemson college in discussing the fattening of poultry tor for market the fattening ration of birds la Is very simple says sir mr hall you have enough protein to build up muscle but the carbohydrates content should be high A soft feed or mash should be fed to in order to make the muscles as soft as possible the following ration will make a good fattening food 50 pounds corn meal 25 23 pounds wheat bran 25 pounds mix the above with two parts buttermilk ter milk when buttermilk Is not adall available meat scrap can be mixed with this ration at the rate of 15 pounds per and water used to moisten the mash ma sh young fowls stand confinement well but old hens do not it Is best to fatten young fowls in coops and old hens in small runs A fowl on fattening ration should gain from 50 to 00 90 per cent of its own weight |