Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-12-12
WILL MAKE CHICKENS
BIG PLANT ESTABLISHED TO
PRODUCE THEM.
Artifcinlly Matched, These Chickens
Are Fatted by Cramming Ma
chimes, Without Seeing Daylight

Z w lNnoul oSeluS DdNI&nl
( Boston letter; One by one the beau
tiful illusions of our youth fade away
into the duh monotonous background
Of fact
| There are no more poets. no more ar
cadian lovers. no more Damon and Py-
thias friendships. and now there are to
ne no more innocent little chickens
strutting around so gaily in the exu-
! Nerance of their innocent joy and flap
ping their fluffy little wings in the
dear. dirty old barnyard
| The acme of utilitarianism has been
reached-the industry OF manufactur
ing chickens established.
| True the system is only crude carry
ing out of a marvellous scientific dream
of the great Pasteur. by which he hop
ed to help out the ebbing population Of
the world from his laboratory. but il is
a paying business institution and we
may soon see II brought to a perfection
! Of mechanism which will eliminate the
! few natural features remaining.
The old-fashioned Plymouth Rock
1 hen considered she was faithfully do
| ing her duty II she laid about three
| dozen eggs year, but the modern ma
| chine-made hen is afraid that her head
will go on il she does not keep the rec
ord up to two hundred
In those old fashioned times she en-
| joyed the honor of motherhood and
was considered of much greater impor-
lance than being an egg producing ma
chine. That was all changed with the
! introduction of the incubator system
which not only cuts off several days in
the period of Matching. but does the
| business in a generally more satisfac-
tory manner than did the mother hen
| Besides this there is the necessity OF
| system all around which leads to the
ultimate production of the manufactur-
ed chicken.
| In one of the largest poultry produc-
| ing places of the East large plant has
recently been installed which is proba-
| bly, the most perfect in the world
| The entire plant in fact, is but one
| vast machine. each floor of which is de-
| voted to the chicken-produeing bust
ness
! On the top iloor are located the incu-
| bators in which the Unmatched eggs are
| placed on tray and subjected to a
| heat Of about 80 degrees, the Matching
| occupying several days Beneath the
! tray, in which are hatched about one
| thousand chickens day, are the brood
ers and here in a temperature of about
! 80 degrees the chicks remain for 81
days After being born one day feed
ing commences, the fare being millct,
| ground oats and canary seed For the
| IN NJ G,rp 10,
| the amount Of food being gradually in
creased although given less often. their
diet being gradually changed to include
! the coarser grains.
BY the rapid forcing method of feed
ing adopted it takes only week or two
to bring the chicken TO a weight Of two
| pounds.
The chicken IL then taken 10 the floor
below, where very limited space Is
| allowed for the running around and
! where number OF examining machines
! are located.
The crowded pens on this floor are
! the first and last glimpse the modern
chicken catches of the world into
| which II Is born, for here II begins to
| fatten rapidly as the examining ma
| chimes force an abnormal quantity of
| food down its throat.
IL takes from two to four weeks TO
bring the weight OF these chickens up
! TO about six pounds. at which time they
are exactly in shape for market
They are then removed to the floor
| below where are the guillo,ines and
! plucking machines. Here they are dis
| posed OF more rapidly than in any of
| the foregoing processes. the killing and
! dressing being carried out with the
| greatest speed possible 80 that the
| fowl may be placed In the packing bar
| rel as nearly warm as possible and
| reach the market while perfectly fresh
II Is a surprising fact that the prod
| ucts of this establishment receive bet
| ter favor at the hands OF poultry buyers
| in the large cities than does the old
| fashioned farm-fed product. The own
| ers OF the plant expect 10 make for
| tune out of their enterprise and are
really making money fast already
BOLTON KELWAY.