Show BALANCED FEED IS GOOD FOR TURKEYS well selected ration means eggs ny by 0 0 0 0 mt jl n po poultry lt ryo amro colorado colant Coll nt ahry service ea turkey growers ar are that to insure fertile eggs during hatching season the tha turkey breeding flock dock should receive a well balanced ration a month to SIX elx weeks before eggs are saed for hatching turkey raisers misers ore are coming to real ize that there Is tery ery little dLf difference ference in tile the mechanics 0 of production brodu ebion between the and chicken chichen hen they both need the same nutrients nut ra for good egg production A na well ell balanced ration causes to be stored up in the bodies of the breeders bleeders bre eders the tic necessary elements needed for the production of eggs egge that will hatch and boults that will live such a ration should con elst of grain a ansh mixture of ground grains animal anti nal food in the form of meat scraps or milk green feed minerals and plenty of fresh water N itter browers should feed a grain arx ture composed of one or more grains such us as corn wheat oats or barley morning and evening keep a mash mixture before the lock flock all the time A commonly used mixture consists of equal parts of finely ground corn bran shorts ground oats or barley end and meat meal or ment meat scraps ground wheat moy may be substituted for the bran and shorts and milk may be entirely or partly substituted for the meat products when an adequate supply of the feed Is available it may be necessary to some green feed early in the sea son eon alfalfa to Is an excellent form minerals Allne rals such as bone meal end oyster shell ara most important and should always be available dont neglect the drinking water I 1 causes cause leading to and M how to stop egg eating there are many causes which may lend lead to tile the egg eating habit in poultry and the chief of these Is the accidental breaking of an egg tor for once the fowls have tasted hen fruit they will proceed to break the eggs themselves until they pre re made to stop it and this to la not al an easy the want of cioper shell forming material Is tile the cause of an eggs ega breaking in the first pi ice and the he natural desire for larne will alli lead the birds to rat its shell ns as well nell as JIB its contents ton tenta hence tile the importance of keeping shell forming material be fore laying hens at all times A good remedy for the egg eating habits Is to make the ersts ns dark as possible so that the hens bens are un able to see sec the eggs as ahr they y ere are laid soft hay bay placed in tile the nest will cau cause je the eggs to sink out of sight after they are laid another remedy li N to tal e tin an ordinary egg remove its contents and fill it with mustard and pepper although the fowl mas ma tackle one the first time fill another one ard you will find she has had enough another plan Is to fill the ess egg with inith ammonia los ios I os angeles times germinated oats barley makes good green feed germinated oats or barley makes a good green feed for poultry it Is usually fed nhen the sproul are half an inch long being put in the inns mash it hoppers on top of the masi mash ilie HIP germinated grain can be very conveniently fed the first thing in the morning the amount varies from two tio to four pounds per birds depending upon app appetite e tite and production As production 1 increases mase tile the amount of grain IF h increased A good grade of oats should be used tt TI e same rule ap plies piles to barley one pound of dry oats males mal cs one find and three fourths pounds of germinated oats grain can be success successfully runy germinated by laa la ing it on the ground and co covering ering it with a gunnysack gunny sack that Is kept moist los angeles times NOTES green alfalfa ted liberally rally has been recommended recommend id for checking the death of poultry due to poor feed ing an hen Is said to have produced 33 eggs in days un der strict supervision of an official laying test e n it la Is time to ma make k repairs on the old poultry houses being prepared pays somebody has said a word to the wise Is sufficient clent 0 0 0 england has a few big things in poultry In including chiding a single unit in cebator holding 70 eggs and tt out chicks a week three hundred baby chicks chicka recently e flew from florida to colom hla bla S A a distance of I 1 SW SOO miles they comprised on an air express ship ment consigned to the Colom colomban baD capi cryltal via pan amerlean airways |