Show POULTRY 94 04 5 SOY BEANS USEFUL IN LAYING RATION vegetable protein concentrates used in test recent experiments with tre the me uie ot of vegetable protein concentrates have that a complete or at least a partia substitution may be made the work has been largely with cottonseed and soy bian meal iab with little it if any work on ground eoy soy beans the access success of these vegi vegetable tuble protein con cela rates depends upon two factor factors birst a larger amount Is necessary ine essary in the most mash because they do not run as tigh high in protein ai as do meat wrap krup an I 1 second since they ari are low la mineral additional must be added to make up for his this I 1 ahe he agricultural experiment station lias has fed the following mash lai to laying hens liens o 0 1 11 1 aba chort s 22 lbs 1 corn meat 22 2 the ib cottonseed Coon td or soy ban bean ml meal 20 30 lbs 1 meal I 1 alb 4 ibia salt alb 1 ib the above mash constituted about one third of the radon ration it was ass kept before the hens all the time and in addition a it moist crumbly mash win was fed once dally no meat or milk was employed emp loed in the diet diel the balance of the ration consisted of corn and oats regular methods of feeding ben hens wire were employed oyster stells or lime stone rock was beford the bens hens all the time such a ration produced as many esa eggs per hen ai did similar rations in wh 1 ch the masi mash cont contain alne 1 per cent meat ineat arap or instead of the cottonseed or soy bean meal tho thu results vere ere not satisfactory unless the done tone lea ical ant and stilt was added A deurs test with ground si s si i bean beam failed to produce quite as many eggs as dill cottonseed meal this my be due to the tact that the ground beans were higher in fat at and as a result the ration was as not properly balanced A p substitution may be made and the following mush mash Is recommended drill 24 ibl the short shorts ti ibe lb cornmeal 24 the ib aroud soy oy bean beans I 1 11 1 ibe 1 it alb 1 lion nral meat i 2 ibi salt alb 1 ib this should be kept in open troughs before the hens all the time and fed ilia tha same HJ its any regular laying mash it may be that a larger percentage of the beans may be used but it Is ad to await awalt further before following this practice direct sunlight for layers Is essential A A simple and effective way ay to secure direct sunlight for the layers Is to fill in about ten ton square feet of pace space at the south side of the house aa an inch her of binden the space may nell be en closed ti to keep keel the fowls ton on laminated roll poll in exposed locations it may be necessary to provide a t mil ind b eak of some kind chickens dislike win wini and hilll stay inside to void avoid it cinders are especially effective because of their dark color they absorb beat from the sun causing any snow or ice tee to melt ith the first elgear ance once of sunshine this permits the birds to ret get out on the warm dry cin ders an annl I 1 bask in the direct sunshine even though the gro grud d Is still wet fid ild cold feeding new corn where N here there Is a shor tase trige of corn that Is dry enough to grin 1 a mash that will serve quite well for a short period of can be made up of the following Ingred lints pounds ot f ground oats 10 pounds of aniag danage or r ment scraps and one pound of ut salt it barley torley Is available CO 50 pounds bar ley ant an I 1 CO 50 pounds of oats are better tian itan using oats alone this mash 0 J not be fed at a a it permanent lay ing ration however but just as an emergency ration pullets begin laying As a rule pu leu lets lay more gk gu during their first laying season than during any sub subsequent quent season con it hatches are correctly timed so that pt nty of pullets pallets will je e brought to maturity some time dur log inz the latter rort of september a banner winter ec exi season ii Is boun I 1 to follow I 1 batched hatched during leb auary or elarch accor lint to breed should begin laying just about abou the t time far for wino eggs when hen prices arell are highest kill A rAmil tryman in IN washington ashington D C lost 75 73 per cent of several hundred chicks fren from gaped ir bowed showed that this los loss resulted from the use nit of one of the poultry mans fields for about 21 t bou hour as a testina place for a flock of turkeys being driven overland the chielens became came d by left by the turkey flock in addition to pro during the noticeable syn of gaping by tte the MOW dm lint |