Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1898 — Fattening Fowls for Market. [ARTICLE]

Fattening Fowls for Market.

There is a quick way of fattening fowls for market. It cannot be done by confining them in coops, ns they will become discontented and refuse to ent. losing flesh rnther than making a gnin. But them In yards, having •evernl together, and feed four times i day. Give a variety, especially of chopped grass, and mnke the morning meal of mixed ground grain, the next of chopped grass, then ground grain with ground meat added, nnd at night nil the wheat and corn they will eat. Fed in this manner, and kept free of lice, fowls should be made- fat In ten fays.—American Gardening.