Show HUNGRY HEN ISNOW IS ISNOW S. S ti NOW PREFERRED Last Las Last of Feed Consumed Fills Fill the Egg E Basket tj The hen without an appetite Is a shirk hirk in the poultry flock It Is that J last 10 or 20 per cent ot feed that the t hen consumes which fills the egg basket bas- bas s j ket while all the rest Is used to maintain main- main l tain tam n the bird declares R. R E E. E Cray extension ex- ex extensIon extension tension specialist In poultry for the r t Ohio State university t The trick In forcing birds to lay laymore more mor eggs Is In the inducing them to i eat more feed Cray has bas five lions for boosting feed consumption by fowls in in their winter quarters These o oter ar are Use c artificial lights during the winter winter win win- ter months so that the hen will have more time to eat However If It feed teed consumption Is not Increased lights are of no benefit i Feed the largest lar est part pf pt the grain t tat at night This has a tendency to keep beep l the birds hungry during the day and they consume more mash mash- And feed teed the grain in hoppers rather than Lathe la In lathe the litter Provide a sufficient amount of mas mash mash- hopper space on one foot for Cor five fire or six birds There are always timid birds r In the flock that wont won't eat unless there Is plenty of oC hopper space space d Feed fresh mash every day When ithe i 1 the hoppers are filled with a sufficient 3 quantity to last sever several l days the bens hens pick It over and eat what they like best when they reach the leavings feed teed consumption and egg production j both slump j Use a n wet mash Just as a boy will 11 eat more bread brend when there Is Jelly on onIt onIt It so will a hen eat elt more mash when It Is moistened with milk Feed mash y t the same time each day if |