Show I > r < lnc for rat rixlnftlon In the report of thus Canadian expo rlmcnt farm Ito following relative to poultry occurs Foal 16 a very important Im-portant factor because by Outline what the egg la h composed of and feedIng feed-Ing such constituent wo are tnon likely to got tho egg Turning thor to Mrarrlngtou Kngllshchcmlsl of note ho tall UI In an article In tin Agricultural Nanette of London Ung < land that tha white of an egg II I rlcl In tho alkallui potash and soda a part of tho latter being present as common salt that tho yolk Is I extraordinarily rich In phosphoric acid and contain much moro lime than the white The fundamental principle to ba 1 borne In mind continue Mr arrlngton In arranging diet of a hen aro that I the largest Ingredient In eggs are lime nitrogen and phosphoric acid Wo have thus found from ono chemist pf what Ibo egg la composed and wo learn from another that green bones which have been heretofore thrown away or given away by lie butcher I when cutup not ground up are tho best and cheapest egg maklngmaterlal extant Green bones are rich In albumen albu-men phosphate of lima and plies phorla acid which go to make egg and hell aha result has been a revolution revolu-tion In the economy of egg production In winter An Immediate result has I been the Invention and manufacture of mills to cut up tho bones And so we have what has heretofore been actual wasto converted Into eggs commanding com-manding A high price Surely thU Is a great step In the right direction veil kinA kin-A good plan whereby a fanner may utilize moro waste Is to hara a pot let aside Into which all Ito kitchen and able waste In I tha shape meat scraps ilcccs of bread uneaten vegetables etc may be thrown Heat this up In Iho morning with boiling water and mix In bran I shorts provender or nlmtuvcr Is cheapest and most abundant I abund-ant on tho farm until the whole 1s a crumbly mess A small quantity of black I or red pepper should bo dulled In before mixing Let the mixture stand for a few minutes until partially cooked and ecd in a narrow clean trough to tho layers In tho morning A light feed of oats at noon and a liberal lib-eral ration of wheat buckwheat or other grain for the evening meal should bring plenty of eggs Kach layer should bo sent to roost with a full crop to carry her over tho long night fast It II I Imperative that green food In tho shape of unmarketable vegetable clover hay or lawn clippings me two latter dried In summer and put away to bo steamed for winter use ihould bo supplied If green bones 1 are fed they may bo given In lieu of any of Ito regular rations reducing tho quantity of grain In proportion Ibo quantity of bono used liomt QUANTITY TO FEED The practice of cramming tho hens with wheat at every ratloi la the very way not to get eggs Too much wheat buckwheat or barley will go Into fat rather than eggs and fat Is I a disease In poultry Thamorningmatli should be fed In a long narrow trough about ono anti three quarter Inches In width nailed < to the side of the houta so that the hens can not jump Into and oil the food feed only enough soft food satisfy never so much liS to gorge When V a hen has had u much food that she will go Into a corner and mopesho hiss had too much and If the overfeed ing Is continued aha will become too fat to lay If cut green bones are fed U should be In proportion of cue pound to every sixteen hen If fed morning and night a small feed of oats at noon mil night U I all that will bonecetsary rxperUneo will teach the happy me Hum lu feeillug |