Farm poultry; by Watson G. C. (George Catchpole)

Author:Watson, G. C. (George Catchpole)
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Poultry
Publisher: New York, London, The Macmillan company
Published: 1912-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Fig. 62. A handy orate for carrying live fowls.

If it is desired to fatten cocks or cockerels that show a disposition to fight, they should be confined in coops which are provided with slat bottoms or bottoms made of poles near enough together so that the fowls cannot drop between them. These coops should be placed at some distance from the ground, so that the droppings will not foul them. While attempts may be made to fight, yet as one or both of the combatants will almost siu'ely step between the slats the combat will not be carried far.

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Farm Poultry

Cramming.-r-The English and French resort to the system of forced feeding, known as cramming, for the production of the choicest poultry for the London and Paris markets. The English learned this process from the French, and now carry it on to a large extent in some parts of southern England. The Heathfield district in Sussex County,

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