Show POULTRY P I 1 I 1 I 1 1 A I 1 lahi V meat for poultry we are sure that few poultry rals era property properly appreciate the value ot of meat me at as a it a ration for poultry we bellevo believe that were it fed moro more freely es especially IY to young and growing chicks it would result in a distinct saving in many ways nays there is some value in meat meal to poultry I 1 t above that shown by UY the tile plot elit anti and car bohy grate drate content it has a much more extensive effect aban has yet been found a reason tor for this has been demonstrated both by poultry raisers and the experiment stations at one of the eastern stations two flocks of geese mere ere experimented on ifill in this mailer ter one flock had a partial ration of meat from the time the gos lings flogs were born till they arrived at maturity the other flock was tie de priced of all meat but the birds were fed a balanced ration of grains and a a d vegetables the results were truly surprising the ones that had meat showed great vigor fro from the beginning and grew with great rapidity they were also able to throw ott off disease and when they reached maturity hardly any of the birds had bad succumbed to disease not so 90 the other ather flock the birds in that grew about as rapidly as an do most of the geese raised on the farm they were only ordinarily vigorous find and had no particular ability to resist disease they were subject to the same conditions as the geese gee in I 1 the other flock but now and then a goose died from various oil 9 diseases and troubles to which geese are subject when they reached maturity the geese in this flock were hardly halt half the number they were wera when they came out of the shell tho the s station authorities regarded the showing so remarkable that they had photographs taken of the two flocks and the same were published and widely circulated cu birds have a greater need of meat than do our cattle horses sheep and swine tor for the reason that they have always been accuLto accustomed med to the use ot of meat in some form when it Is remembered that tor for countless generations before man domesticated them fowls fed largely on insects and worms it can well bo be understood that this habit babit cannot be eradicated even in a few centuries it would take thousands of years yet to change the hen into a true vegetarian that Is pre preferring preter fering lne vegetables to meat our horses sheep and cattle have been vegetarian tor for unnumbered myriads ot of years before the appearance ot of man la in the world fed tor for months on a vegetarian ve etarian diet our birds experience a great lack ot of something and that unsupplied need results in lowering the tha stamina of the fowls how great the craving for meat is may lio be guessed at by the excitement of the fowls when meat Is brought to them after a long period ot of purely vegetable food cheap meat in many forms can caa be 0 obtained from the butchers and it can frequently f be saved on the farm when it would be otherwise thrown away ground bones especially it if fresh help supply the deficiency we know of one man that sometimes kills an old horse and salts down his flesh tor for the poultry this meat Is cooked before feeding in many localities fish that are not marketable can be had at a low price or for nothing and this lorms forms another source of 0 meat supply for the fowls |