Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1912 — POULTRY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POULTRY

FATTEN CHICKS FOR MARKET Arizona Woman Has Much 3uccesa With Coop Covered With Wlra Netting—-Ration Used. I am having great sucoess in fatten, ing my overstock of chick cockerels for hotel and restaurant trade, writes Mrs. Almo of Roswell, N. M., in the Farmers’ Mail and Breeze. My feeding coop shown in the drawing has a solid floor of matched boards, covered with an inch of road grit The top is covered with poultry netting, over which a solid roof is hinged, which may he raised on warm days. The front and

west end are covered with wire netting. The roosts are in the west end of the coop. The feed drawer is covered with two-inch mesh wire netting and one feeding a week will do. I feed the following mixture for fattening: One quart each, alfalfa meal, corn chop and bran, and one pint meat scraps. This way of feeding saves both time and feed and I now make money where I lost money before with ordinary care. Besides my own Btock, I buy chicks of the quick-growing breeds to fatten.

Coop for Market Feeding.