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I
There Is room for Improvements
in the matter of fattsunas fowls for
the table in tbs countrys The
French psdssea poultry IS very
superior to ours, and its superior
ity IS dus largely to three things
First, the great care exercised in
breeding fowls for quality OF flesh
second, the admirable methods OF
fattening; and, third, the attrac-
tive manner in which the birds are
dressed when offered for sale.
AS regards the varieties best
adapted for table fowls there IS
neither time nor space to enumer-
ate them. In general way it may
it be said that birds with the most
meat upon the breast and not upon
the thighs are best for fattening.-
Birds that have been we'll fed from
the time they are Matched require
but little preparation for tho table.
The period in which fowls may be
fattened varies considerably with
the variety of birds, but three
weeks is the time usually allotted
for the "fattening process in
France.
Fresh sweet Indian barley, oats
and buckwheat meal, mixed with
skim milk, in which a little fat Of
some kind has been dropped, makes
admirable tattening food.
Any of the meals are good when
fed separately, but Beale advises
a mixture of equal parts of each,
to which a little fat has been added
Just before stirring mp with milk.
He thinks, and many of our tore
most breed ers believe, that it pays
to boil the milk with which the
meals are mixed. This food is best
given to the fowls while warm
Such special feeding shows in the
unusual fine color of the flesh OF
the birds when dressed aud its
succuleut sweet flavor. Birds are
most quickly fattened in coneane-
ment When practicable place in
pens sufficiently large for moving
room, but no more. Observe
scrupulous cleanliness in the pens
and provide clean water each day.
Remember that the birds must fast
for at least twelve honrs previous
to killing them. This is an i'm
portant point.
AS has been minated, French
poultereFs lay great stress on the
dressing Of the poultry after it is
killed. They pluck the birds i'm
mediately, and while animal heat
still prevails the carcasses are
placed on "shsping boards with
their backs upward. The bird IS
kept level by blocks at either end
which support the neck and rump.
While the bird is warm it is ma
nipulated, first by bending in the
rib bones, then pressing the knee
into the back, forcing the breast
inwards and fastening the legs
over the breast so as to keep it in
its place. A wet cloth is fastened
tightly down over the bird and
around the bottom board. The
secord board is placed above this.
BY the time the bird is quite cold
the flesh is firm and the whole APP
pears attractive.
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IN TIE POULTRY YARD.

II you desire eggs and eggs only,
says Country Gentleman, and
numbers, not size, select Ham
burgs or Leghorns. If you want
nOa-sitters that will raise good
sized eggs, choose Houdaus, Black
Spanish or lie Lleche. If you want
winter layers CT fowls to SCH dress
ed for the fall or winter market,
take Brahmas, Cochins, Langshans
or Plymouth Rocks. If You want
chicks for early spring market, Sc
lect Plymouth Rocks, DOminiques
or Wyandottes.
Use none but pure bred cocks /;
get the best hens you can get tor
market prices. Keep each year the
sst of the highest bred pullets,
boag all others, and you will soon
and flock as good as pure breds
m, ~tle cost.
make Biddy sic h ~ a sontbsr T,
sbd po IS desiraSle. The houses
be sSoI nave a sounern exposure,
w Va sheltered ,i..ss from winds, roomy'
"ain, lighted, vi
. Don't mako M Initiated.
moor, whether tb perches near the
small h. ~ fowls be large or
cleats are ,a;,o, board upon which
,'sssSch from ape every few inches
, As Hsousslse noor to the
,erche, I've the board long
enough q make tue incline easy
There sNuld ne a passageway
through tie cente of the building
no rooss above t; a wide plat
form at each side to catch the drop
pings; under the platform the
nests opening into The passage
way.
A busting box is Indispensable.
Fill with swoparts road dust to
one OF perfectly dry wood or coal
ashes and a very little sulphur aud
carbolic powder. Fasten six inches
from the floor a small box having
two compartments, one crushed
oystGshell or ground bone and the
other charcoal.
DOM feed on the floor. Feed IN
shallow boxes or troughs. For
drinking vessels common glazed
milk crocksare the best.
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November l. 1887.
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
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