Show FA flow min LAYING HENS NEED PROTEIN IN RATION many farm fann flocks get little or no protein in tile winter and as a result are and make a poor production farm liens are often given a whole carcass to feed on one month and no meat ineat the next As a result they tire are thrown out of condition and often are pol poisoned by spoiled ment meat there are three ways in which animal protein can be secured A A steady supply ts Is essential rabbits or dead farm animals when available can be cooked and ground or chopped up tip dried and put in a box where liens hens can eat when they want skim milk or buttermilk can be put to no more profitable use on the form farm than in producing winter eggs where a box of meat or a supply of mill milk are available all of the time it may not be necessary to put meat scraps in the mash but if there Is a shortage of these it will pay to buy scraps table scraps should be fed as a supplement to the ration at noon feed grain morning and night in the litter ja in very cold weather the scraps may be fed warm warin in the morning and grain at ten tell it Is advisable to use home grown grains as much as possible on the dry lands where the fibrous grains are largely grown such as oats barley c cane ne and millet it Is advisable to buy either wheat or corn lf if corn use it whole instead of cracked the small grains should be fed in the morning and the corn at night whore where there are quantities of grain strewn about tile the farm yard it Is good practice to feed a few table scraps in the morning keep the hens shut up with the dry mash until noon and let them run to tile the grain in the afternoon make sure there Is fresh water to the henhouse in the morning 0 Q X krum Exten extension slon service colorado agricultural college |