Show F I 1 FOLLOW NATURE AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE tc 9 10 it 4 21 a ne abik ty I 1 I 1 shutter bottle front poultry pity house it la a not the easiest thing in tho the world to so BO teed feed y young oung chi eXam I 1 as to tc bring them to H an early and perfect maturity and thon then to continue feeding them to produce eggs and meet meat I 1 in the greatest quantities too many people let the thick chickens food feed themselves oth or era a seem m to think that a few handfuls haud I 1 ot eme corn thrown brown out night and morning arming I 1 IB sufficient unless confined tn in polls pens where her they cannot get it at that s F actual fee food it chickens will manage to survive ve on indifferent feeding for fee a long time but it they are to be brought to a full state of perfect perfection and if they are to be made ida to prod produce all 11 tile the eggs his ble and tip the be beam it at market time it at the hig highest h at notch a careful study dt feeding I 1 is necessary iary the natural food of fowls fowl I 1 is meat at seeds old and gram grain the meat set they find in I 1 bu bugs go D and it is worms and bit the dry feed dry in the seeds of grass and ad M giali I 1 of the range aag if allowed tree free range and gi r I 1 en a access c so to th this 1 1 in ev sufficient buffi event quant count i ties fowls fowl a will balance their own la I 1 eions on s old and perhaps get as good results C aa i it fred fed by band it if they are I 1 con fined brad ill the S 1 lack lk of if meat mut must be supplied be but t i it t must be understood that cil animal ci l matter it its 1 m the shape of meat set meal meat at scraps rap or cut bone ia s do dan cat cerous amb unless it I 1 is fed d in n conjunction I 1 u ama so with th other food it is extremely di dingerkus ding gru erous to give fowls loo much of f any concentrated food as it only tender renders the them reve ravenous mone and ad tom unsatisfied end and in ties the end it results result on in disease so and it death food must at be mitri nutritious toom and to in balance the bulk dry matter and animal matter must be of proper proportion to form just the right combination to prod produce health and oil the best beat tor for I 1 lai ing and oil producing meat A aa e to I 1 t the he quantity us may to be ted fed there them fir can I 1 il be no 0 fixed it anle III ill the safe of way fic is to teed lead liberally a all that the flock lic k A chicken fled feed trough with cover re moved firoved will ent eat up clean 1 it t I 1 is s never safe to eup alil cut d down th the rations s of t growing ag birds until some feed is left I 1 over at ever ava day alreed or 01 course too much ill red feed ot of the idt quality is not net good for laying because her bena because they do not lay best beat when averted but this does doea not mean that they be should be starved A 11 well B balanced ration it consisting 1 in the main 0 of corn core wheat and animal matter will viii ks keep a him hen in fine no laving 1 in 9 condition clum P M a do not believe that a very alm ilm lean he hen I 1 la the beat layer joyce to ps persona who are obliged to buy ill all the leed for their flocks flecks the ques no tion is one of great importance and re miny y people who he have raised poultry lor for years year with without at keeping account ot of exers ex expenses mrs slid and then turned to a een a bible system of accounts have been surprised to le learn that it cost coat the them more to keep their ear fiocca k th than an they received from them however people are learning how to manage poultry and even so with grain at the high prices bruce that have prevailed fled the last five fire yeara year have been able to make claim a comp comparatively lare good profit I 1 in poultry rue for growing chickens chicken a mixture composed ot of three pounds pound of wheat three permits of C cornmeal mr meat cut I 1 con taming 50 per cent of digestible pro mixed with two pounds of finly finely cut clover or r alfalfa makes an escel ceel LOW chick chicken feed trough A accessible isible from both sides side with cover 0 on IS lent t ration ratio other grains at times timea may take the place of wheat I 1 or corn atho although gh nothing w aill ill quite equal thern them ot of course in arditi addition I 1 to grom grain ind and to meat rat fowls must net have plenty ot or gr grit it granulated boom bone or on wood charcoal it at ill all times green food fled m tha shape hope of chopped chipped alfalfa leaves C or clover clever 1 Is es be be b particularly 1 ID the w winter tire when the birds do not at have hae access to therong the range this should be kept before the chickens at all times or it may be fed in the grain cal mixture tr grit gent Is absolutely necessary I 1 bar because chick chickens na cannot digest the food fled 1 in their crops emp without it for thia the pe purpose ground oyster shells coarse or aana ad or ground around rock it may be used sit IN athen be it at large chickens supply their the own grit 9 it and ad it is not net necessary see to keep heep it before b fore them except when wh so they are con fined fired the difficulty of keeping keep ing the teed fled ties clein ind and dry during di continued S ex ex is I 1 nearly me aly overcome by b y as using ng troughs with slatted sides and broad bra ad ast dst able roofs reef build the troughs from six to ten felt feet long with the sides side five inches high the lath bath slata let are am two inch inches apart par and tile the troughs trough or are sixteen inches high fee from floor to roof the roots more project about two inches at the sides and effectually keep out at the role ram except when high winds P prevail viii th tha root roof is v very S easily self zd removed by lifting tiny one are end and and slid id ing it lengthwise lengthy the trough h I 1 can an th then I 1 a jimim OH be filled ad and t the root of drawn we back without lifting it this arrangement saves bases the f teed e sit keeping it in good we con dillon ind and avoiding waste the trough should be placed in a sheltered place out it I 1 ot re reach sell of the wind |