| Show CHICKENS LIKE FISH HEADS satisfactory protein containing food for poultry flock Is simple and inexpensive prepared by th united states depart ment of agriculture A simple and inexpensive substitute for meat scrap which often are hard to obtain at the butcher shop li to utilize fish heads in the poultry ration arrangements usually can be made with local fish dealers to sav these heads particularly if the poul tryman will furnish buckets in which the refuse may be kept until he calls for them As they come from the dealers shop the fish heads are tough and covered with heavy scaled and however underneath Is fine tender meat which the hens relish keenly the can soften the coarse outer shell by boiling the fish head in water for five to ten min utes and then pouring off the water and throwing the fish heads in among the chickens in many instances tho dealers are glad to get rid of the fish heads and on the basis of actual food value the poultry keeper can afford to pay 4 or 5 cents for a quart of fish heads which provide a satisfactory protein containing food for his flock |
