The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-01
FATreNlNo FOWLS.


Peculiar Advnntnges 81 : simple Method
Tested with Great Success.
DR.. Bennett says. according to his
experience, feeding houses. at once
warm and airy. with earth floors well
raised. and capacious enough to &C.
commodate twenty or thirty fowls, have
always succeeded best. The floor may
be slightly Uttered down. the litter
often changed and the greatest cleanli.
ness observed Sandy gravel should
be placed In several different LAYERS
and often changed. "A sufficient mum
Der of troughs for both water and food
should be placed around, that the stock
NAV feed with as little interruption a
possible from each other, and perches
in the same proportion should be fur
nished for those birds which are in
clned TO perch. which few Of them will
desire after they have began to fatten.
but which helps to keep them easy
and contentcd until that period.
In this mode fowls may be
fattcned to the highest pitch and
yet preserved in healthy state,
their flesh being equal in quality to the
barn-door fowl. To suffer fattenine
fowl to perch is contrary to the general
practice. since il Is supposed 10 bend
and dcform the breast bone, but AZ
soon as they become heavy and indo.
lent from feeding they will rather IN
cline to rest in straw. and the liberty Of
pcrching on the commencement of
their cooping has tendency 10 acccl.
crate the period when they are inclined
to rest on the floor.
II has always been favoritc maxim
among breeders that the privation OF
light by inclining fowls to a constant
state Of rcpose- excepting when moved
by the appetite for food. promotes and
accclcratcs obesity. 1t may possibly
be 50. though not promotivc Of health;
but ~ il is no question that 4
state Of obesity obtained in this way
can not be state Of health, q real
question arises whether the flesh Of an
imals 80 fed can equal in flavor, nutri-
ment and solubiiity that Of the same
species fed in the natural way? Pc
cuniary and market interests may. per
haps. be best answered by the plan Of
darkness and close confinement: but
feeder for his own table. Of delicate
tastes and ambitious OF furnishing his
board with the choicest and most salu-
brious viands. will declare for the nat
ural mode Of feeding: and in that view
: feeding yard gravelcd and sown with
the different kinds Of grasses. the room
being open all day for the fowls 10 re-
tire at pleasure, will have a decided
preference rs the nearest approach 70
the barn-door system
Insects and animal food also form
part Of the natural diet Of poultry, are
medicinal 70 them in 4 weakly state,
and the want OF such food may some.
times impede their thriving.
All practical and practicable plans
have their peculiar advantages; among
Others. that Of leaving poultry TO for
age and shift for themselves But
where . steady and regular profit il
required from them. the best method,
whether for domestic use or sale. Il
constant high keep from the beginning.
whence they viii not only be always
ready for the table with very little TX.
ira attention. but their flesh will be
superior in juiciness and rich flavor TO
those which are fattcncd from low
and emnciated state. Fed in this mode.
the spring pullcts are particularly fine,
q the same time most nourishing and
sustorstivc t0od. \. HersA