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U\ inches wid,. an.l I'd inclics hiKl'. msHl,. .n.asuivnu.nt,. Kach ,Taf is divi.h.l hy two ti^ht, w ,., partitions into thnr .•o.npart.nonts, an.l each , part.nont hohls four ohi.kcns. Thr franir PK'v-. arc L' mclu's wi.lo hy ; in<-h thick; this Inunc is covered witii slats. The ^lats iire plar,.,l h.n-thwi,e on thre,. >i,les. h„„„„,. l,::..k an.l to,,. Mn.l „,, and ,h.wn in th.' ront. I la. .shits t„r the hottom are ;-inch wide and Q-in.'h thick; the hack top and r,,nt slats are the same width hut .,i,ly ^-in.'h thick. The spaces hetwe,.n the -hits i,, .ront are :.' inches wid.. f,, enahle th,. chickens to fivd from the trough. Tiie hottom s at> are put 1 i, m.-hes aiMrt ; th.» >lat m-arest th.- ha<-k of the crate is 2] inclu-s fr„m the .-onier ot the frame, t,. prevent the chickens' feet fr.mi l.ecemirifr hruiscl when tlu; .Tate IS pla.-ed ,,n the ^'round. The top slats an- .Mit ahov ,a.-h partition, and six -trips. 2 inches wide, are iiaile chickens are received on sand or some nthcT ahs,,rheiit material. ,\ li-hf " V "' tn.uirh :.'} m.-hes insi.l.. is phi.r.l in front of ..a.'ji .Tat.'. Th.. h,.tt.m. of th.. tr.nifrh 1- i iiyhes almve th.. th.or. and the tipp.r iiisi.le ..df.'.' is 2 inch.-s from th.. ..rat.>. It It is .l..sirahl.. t.. i.hi.-e th." ..rat.'s in ti.^rs. one ahov,. the .>th..r. th.- .l...irs will have t.) he phic.I ,„ th.- front „f the ..rat.'s an.l a pan or h.-ard pla.....l tin.l.r all hut th.- hottom tu-r to cat.-h th.- .Iroppimrs. Crates may hi. ma.l.. from ..r.linarv i,,i.kint; hex.'s. hut a |.r..iierlv ina.l.- ..rate will :.■ ioMiid iiiu.'h mor.. -atisfa.'tory. Most Suitable Birds. Cockerels of the »cun:A lairpox- varieties srive host results when put into tlie .•rates at fr.mi i.iur f. fiv.. p.uin.ls wei-ht. .Smajl.r hirils when ..rat.-d fail to fl.^s], ,,^ fii.-y sh.ail.l. Th..y eith.r .■aiiiiot stand tli<- fon-cl foedinn and eonfinoment an.l th.-re- f.ir.-. l.,se th.-ir app.tit... ,,r th..y jait the f.^ed into frn.wth of h.mp instead .)f tU-sh Minis .,t li..avi..r w-.i-ht tlian this do fairly well, hnt th.- cheapest fraiiis are usnally mad., wh.-n th..y ar.. put int.i the ..rat.-s w.-iirhins.' li^ss than five pounds, or tiefore thev ar... tiv.. months ..f a^'... Strong Constitution Essential. If the h<.st r.suits are to he ..htain.-.i in ,.rat.. f.-edin-. th.- hir.ls must have stron-r constituti..ns. '1,, ..xp..,.t a hir.l f.. tliriv.. an.l jiut .,ii tU-sli in the f....din.' .'rat., i" alM.ut the same as to ..xp.-(.t a pull.'t to -ive ..-'s .lurim.' wint<.r s..as,,u. Without a stroiii: c.iiistitution results ..aniiot h.. ohtaine.l in eitlier ..aso. Treat for Lice. l^etore pnttinp hirds into the ..rate they shoul.l he trrate.l for li.v. Drv sulphur ..r h... p..wt iniixirtiinl. It' llu> liinls liavp tVc It iiii;il oil bt'iiiK |iu( ill till- fral«'», uml llii-ii Itid >iiciiii(l m; givi'ii spuriiit-'ly tor .-mriil dny.-. To Iced l)ird?* nil tlicy will cut for tlic lir~t feu o.iy> iiiciius iiidit;c>ti()ii and tliiii liiril^. 'I'licy \v.\w liccu aicMi>toiMc(l to free raii«i' ami iiicwliat limited l.od. and tin' i-iiaiiLrc tc craiiiiH'il iniartcr- ami uiiliiiiitnl food is i"rc than tlic Ijcaltiiic.-t cin -taod and, a> a rc^^llt. tlicy [u-c 'licir apliclitc .iiid ^'cl iiiiiiiicr iii>tcad of fatter. I'crsoii^ who have attcniptcd crate feidiiiy liav< iiiplaiiicd thai the lurds eat udl : r the first fi'W days when, in spite of all that can he done, tln\v ref\i>c tii eat ami .lave till' erato thinner than when they wcin in. Thi- i- ;hc fault of the feeder feed- iii; too heavily at the >tart. As a rule it is hettcr to Icivr the hirds without any fooil ; r the fir,-.t twcnty-foiir hours after cnterint: the crate-. Tlio-e that have I, em -hipped ., (Ii>taiice, however, are pretty well i-tarvcd when reecivrd, and they may he fid earlier. iiit care must lie taken that the fi'cd fur the tir-t two or three day- i- yiven -parini;ly. Thi- aim should he to keep the hirds fairly huns-'ry, never -ati-tied until they i ic.iiic u>cd to the confined ipiartcrs. After that as much feed a- they will take, twii'c ^i day. >hoill(l he t;iven. .\ftcr cacli feed clean the trout'li, an wcatlic r 1- warm -He water at noon to drink. A feed (^f ^:rit -liould he jriveii three lime< a week. How Long to Feed. .Inst how loiu.' a period the <'rate fcediim should he continued depend- 11)1011 the ird- and the market. Some hird> will stand fecdiiiir lonycr than other-. .V- a rule, • takes at lea>t three week.- I.1 ch.iiitic ihe texture nf tile, llesh. 'riicre may he oini-. 'Wever, that will not stand more than ten day-. 'I'lic-e -hould he taken out ,iu-t as "'11 as it i- noticed that they are not c.-itiiiy well. Other hird- will stand it fnr f'Hir ;■ hve weeks, and for a special marki t it mif^iit im.v to feed this lenirtii of time. I'.ut, . - a rule, till' hest frains are made duriiiL'' the first three wick-, ami many ]iri fi r to I'd no loiifxcr than thi- time, I.ariic lecdcr- claim that the c|ieape-t irain- are made • I u'ini:' the lir-t ten or twelve day-, aial Mime m.iy fci'd for a shorter time even than ■ 1-. r.irds fell ti'ii ivelvo days on a milk diet may he called "milk fed." hut the lallty of the tie ■; h.v no means as frond as the tlesk of hirds fed for three or four • ek.-. It is c|uit. .ossihle that in order to make it jia.v a liifrher price would liave to ■ asked for the ioufrer fed hirds, hut they are worth it. Feeders who eater to an ■.Ira fancy market have to feed three or four weeks at lea^t to tret (|uality. H ll f n III ii ii 111 Rations. Finely irrouiid oats, with the coar-e hulls sifted out: oats and corn in ei|ual prn- rtion: oats, harley and corn: oats, harley and hlK'kwhcat : oats and miildlinirs: rley and miildlinir-: and nian.v other eomhinations may he u-ed aceordini;' to the i'c. Wild hiickwheat as >ifled out of woterii irrain elevator- makes ;in ideal fi'cd ' !-■ E.xperimeutal Farms report fur I'.ilf. iia^rc- IMiil to OT^l). Mixing the Ration. .\lmost aii.v farm fxround irrain mixed with milk will an-wer. Whole irrain -Imuld \er ln' friven. All teed should he irroimd .ju-t a- tine a- |iii--iiile. A mixture of eral grains jrive- the he-t re-ult- in tliat the hirds do not tire of a varict.v as -imu the.v do of one feed. Their feed should all he ted in a wet >tate, mixed to the cou- leney of iiorridfTc. so that it can he poured from a jiail or dipped out with a flat ladle -hiiifrle. The hest mixiiifr material is huttermilk. Skim-milk comes next, l^etter iilts will he ohtained when the milk is sour and mixed one feed ahead. A little .-alt led to the mash makes it more palatahle. and the chickens will eat more of it. If ■ milk is not i>rocurahle and water has to he us(> to lit per cent o*" imal foods, such as heef MTiip or hlood meal, niifrht he added to the frraiii mixture, up made from boiling heef lieads can be used in this conne<'tioii. None of these ■t -'*'- ■'• •- ' r.'-iilt- II- tlir iMilk. ail. I ih.y iir.' ailvi-nl ,.iil,v wlu-n tlir tiulk i- not t ■ Im- llilll. Have it Palatable. In mixing a ration for .rat.- l.-.dlnn one- ol llic tir>t filing'- to <'on>iil.T i- tl, paliitalulity ol the to,„|. If tli.. hinl- .1 ! likr it. lli.y will ii.it rat <■ -1, to put on tiir tli-li. .\fM to tlii- roiii.., tlir -iiiHi-it ion of tlio f K and tlicir <-o.t. '11, r ration nin>t l.c palatalilr iind one thai : prothic-u lli>li without i-o-tiii- to., niii.li. Starving. Till' .■hicUi'ii- nuiM \nr- l.rforc Uillinj,'. 'I'lii- will pr.'vn,' 111.' food rnnaiiiiiiir in tlu' lionld he killed l,y hleediiifr within the month in: ! pier.-in^r the hrain. 'i'he a.'e.iinpaiiyintr illii>lration -li..w- li.iw tlii- i- done, tli.nii;, |ira.-tiie aloiK' uill make oiii' I'theieiit. Cooling. liird- -hoiild he th.ir.iiitrhly c led heh.re paekiii!.'- for -hipment. Tlii- may h. '' ''> halll;in^' ,.ii a riu'k or plaeiiiy on a -hapiiiij' iH.ard. 'I'he -hapinir hoanl inake- .• nioi-r .'ompaet earea- and .me that is ea>ier t.i pack, th.iutrh the Iminriiii.' rai'k i- 111. ire t:enerally u>ed hy larir.' paekiiii.'' tinii-. h\ Packing. When th.iroiiiihly eool. paek in neat Imxe-. prelernhly tho.-c lioldiny nne (1..7ei hird-. (Irade to -i/e and .piality, and if the hox i- lined with parchment paii.r it ad.l- to the appeariiiiee of the paeka^;c when opened and l.i the keepiiifr (pialitie- of th eoutuuts. f.. How to Kill. Tlip iMiisirntinn rppri^scnts tlio inof of tho Innls mouth .Triil tlif> Vfin^. tho town- jaw lier ipitiovimI. Till- «liit ■ ill, Ilk M.Kjss ih- vfiii on tlio lelt si.lf of tin- Imils n.-. k ;.; thy .,;aie o . t.) IiUhmI. The whit.- niaik in th.' i uof ol tlu.' mouth in.ln,ii.-.> tlu- |,l.u-.- o, , ntcr t'li,. 1,1a. 1,- slrike th'? liiain. I'liofix/nipl, of ,1,1 („■',, iii,„l ,l,;iiii„'i l,,i Ih: .1. II. \\'i,l.-ir,n;\ li'wloq.rnl hihnnito,- OH,ni;i. n,if. Published by authority of Hon. MARTIN BURRELL, Minister of Agriculture, Ottawa, Or ''^'?L:^~"U rji Wm 1 - „ t~-i,, J^.:^ MMH^ i^'imu r. >Y'^>^»«