Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-14
BRoILERs IN THE SOUTH
Method of Feeding Large Num-
bers Brings Results-Sure
Way to Make Profits.
BY ]. N. BELL, VIRGINIA.

During the past summer l visited
chicken ranch where the owner kept
about $500 White Leghorns, all pure
bred stock. Besides these $500 grown
fowls there were in the brooders anu
Feeding pens in the neighpofhoou vi
1000 hroilers ranging from TO Weehe
old all of them pure bred Whlte Les
horns.
The owner stated he had no difficulty
in disposing of them at 50 GEMS d
pound and that at weeks of age tiles
would weigh ia pounds or over.
Here was a case where chicks We're
raised in large numbers and 1or mar
k,i and the prices obtained ior t,ie4ii
N:sFt, exceedingly satisfactory.
,,I,sfss FOO were of one of the SINAI,
bres is of fowls, but they had peen lev
fro9? the start on all they wou'o eat
nm clean and those examined py 'ne
,vriter were as plump as partudges
while their flesh was very hrn.
On this chicken ranch the following
rules for handling broilers were ca
ried. out: The chicks were ailoweu
Ia remain i'll the incubator Tor LOFTY
eight hours after Matching (Wlthou.
food .or xater) Then they were placeo
in the breeders and given li'tie
pearl grit and then given Wate,
with the chill taken Off TO preVeii'
,1iarrhca. so often caused by thelr
drinking very cold water
rho door of the brooder was KEEP
covered with dry sand to the deptli VI
an inch-ovcl which was scattered GU
clover or chaff 10 the depth OF an men
Two hours after they are put ~
The brooder they arc given 'neiu III %
mes,---a dry grain feed called cticN
feed" either bought from deaief u
,radc AT the ranch, according TO the
following formula:
i. rounds cracked wheat.
il, pounds cracked corn Chne)
lpound rolled oats, or pinhead oat-
meal
] pound nllet seed.
\, mound broken rico.
> pounds fine graduated bee1 scrap
y, pound sranulatcd bone
e pounds pearl grit.
@I'hiS WAS fed cvcrN two hours our
ine The first three days, three haildslul
scattered in the litter To every wv
chicks. From the third to the tc'itn
day tho same amount WAS fed from .
a. m. TO 6 p. IN. every three hours.
Fresh water and ground charcoal
Nerc kept before them AL the time.
From ten days 10 four weeks the feed
Was Increased to four handstu' tour
sirnee a dan. Then scrap meat was
given them in addition TO tlle ciilcN
seed.
fter trey were four weeks old they
Nere given five handfu|s three times
dailx. From six weeks up to eight
weeks. they were given three handouts
nr cracked corn and whole wheat 10
The ration.
When feeding. il these rations were
not sufficient or il Al the next meal
1t WAS found thai the last meal was
not entirely consumed, the ration was
Increased OF decreased, according as
the ease might be.
The rule was 10 Civ Them enough
Ia make them thrifty. but at tho same
timo regulating the amount to keer
them hungry enough 10 cncnura &c
them to scratch around in order that
they get sufficient exercise TO keer
them healthy.
Al six weeks those intended for sale
We're put in separate pens. fed cracked
corr for ono week. then one weeks
feeding on cracked corn and Il dry
meal ash and when eight weeks ole
they We're shipped to nlarekt.
The best results are obtained from
Matches started in February. During
tie early spring, when the weather
s4 cold. the brooder was kept at {
ter;,crsturc of 80 degrees Throughout
iie hrooder and % degrees under thu
der. On warm days the chick
t,fa allowed the run of the yards
wen The breeders We're cleaned out.
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