| Show USE SURPLUS MILK TO GROW BROILERS weight Is added faster and meat Is better by it E cray extension specially specia llo 1 IV in poultry husbandry ohio university unil ver sity service A use for some of the surplus milk on the farm Is 13 seen in the practice of milk fattening br broilers tills this practice may lead to four possible gains gain S milk broilers old ard weight faster than do cockerels cocker els on range jarige their meat Is of better quality and in sonic some markets the broilers bro ilera will command a better price because of 0 it IL ry by hastening the maturity of the cockerels cockerell cocker els tor for broilers the can separate them from the pullets sooner which will result in better laying stock fattening cockerels cockerell cocker els in feeding batteries leads to best results and very fine results may be secured by pen fat telling if tile pens are darkened between feedings so that the birds exercise less than they do normally A good fattening ration may be made of three pounds of 0 yellow corn meal and one pound of 0 wheat flour mixed with will liquid milk to the consistency of a hatter batter that pours readily from a bucket if liquid milk Is not available semisolid buttermilk rony rally be used in place of tile the at the rate of 0 11 1 J pounds to each gallon of water very little feed should be given the birds the first f day a fattening f a aten ing ra ration tion Is put before them let le t the birds get hungry give them as much teed feed as they can clean up in 10 five minutes the morning of the second day and in the evening as ranch much as they will eat in ten minutes not until the third day the chickens be given full feedings as much as they will eat la in 10 to 1 15 5 minutes morning noon and night nothing to drink should be given the chickens As much liquid as they need Is contained in tile the vet mash |
