Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-07-26
sTuFFlNo LIVE HENS.
An Automatic Chicken Feeder Which I'm
parts Any Flavor or Color.

Hhfhs Any tAiNhi I" s''''s
The curious and cnyious competi.
tors OF a Massachusetts avenue produce
dealer may now turn in and adver.
tise that they have the latest and
most delicious poultry that the Amer
lean market affords. They have dis.
covered the secret which has hereto
fore enabled their competitors 10 mo
noputl2c these claims. And so has the
reporter who had often remarked the
rat and oycrgrown appearance Of tho
fowls winch laZily strut in the dealers
side ward or 'adoru the fr~ontispiece OF
his place of business.
Twice daily the fowls are driven
into Il she'd ON the premises. From
| tins they always emerge stuffed until
their hides will hardly hold them.
| Now. n hen is much like n monkey,
IN that il has n false and n true stom.
arll \ monkey will cut voraciously
for hours, Filling up paunch in his
neck. II his leisure he draws from
tins sack aud masticutcs his food.
\. hen will I'LL her craw, and when
that IS done she is satisfied. \ mon.
key never gets enough 10 eat. but a
chicken will often leave n portion of
its food untouched. The secret of fat
tcnlng chickens is to induce them TO
eat more than they want. This is not
done by offering extra inducements in
the way OF superior viands. II is done
scientifically by force.
In the shed in question is contriy-
ance that might be taken for an in
fernal machine, a patent ballot box or
AN automatic corn shelter. But it is
none Of these. II is a chicken feeder.
An unsuspecting fowl isdriven on a
trap door. The level floor folds ur
aud incloses her, except at the top. A
device not unlike q baseball mask
swoops down and completes her i'm
~prisonment
An operator then comes forward,
puts the hen in a straight jacket that
stretches the gallinaceous neck and
holds the head erect, mouth open, beak
pointed toward the ceiling.
Then a spring of automatic action is
touched. II sets in motion a light me-
tallic arm acting as a lever. Starting
from a box overhead il descends TO the
open beak Of the fowl, drops in a small
quantity Of prepared food and forces
il far down into the throat.
This operation is repeated until the
hen is 'chock full" An apparatus
may also be attached by which liquid
food may be put into the bird. STUFF
fing stupe6es a bird, but il does not in
terfere with the workings of its diges.
tive apparatus.
Birds fattened by the stuffing pro.
cess. said the manager of this appa.
ratus. may actually be made TO or
der. We can vary the food so as TO
produce the desired flavor. The foods
are prepared 10 suit the demands Of our
patrons. BY fattening a bird in ten
days or less il is made very tender, as
all the new flesh is theproduct of rich,
clean food, and is not toughened by
age or exercise"
DO you mean TO say that you can
control the question Of the quality Of
the birds fleshf
Certainly that is the glory of this
method. We can impart a dainty pork
ilavor. mingle the extract Of bustard
with the delicious cream of quail OH
toast, throw a touch of mint or celery
into the meat, or initiate the delica.
cies of reed bird, canvasback ducks or
frog hams. Besides. we can make the
meat black or white, according as we
want to represent delicate white flesh,
or the DARK meats of Wild fowl. OF
course, prepared chicken like this is
worth lore in the pea green market
than the ordinary barn yard chant.
cleer We can alsD feed turkeys
and ducks 10 good advantage, but we
have had the best results with chick.
ems. - Indianapolis News.