Show POULTRY 0 0 OAT FOR POULTRY Successful Chicken Raisers Beginning to to Appreciate Value of Green Feed In Winter All poultry raisers are beginning to appreciate the value alue of sprouting oats for tor hens In winter I made a of my own as shown In the drawing says a writer In an exchange It Is Is' Is Isa a box 20 by 20 inches and 30 SG Inches high It is large enough to supply 50 to 75 hens with sprouted oats every other day There are six drawers In Inthe Inthe inthe the box each two inches deep with window screen for tor bottoms A is a n funnel Into which warm wann water may be bo poured into the square box B which is full of small holes In the bottom I put about one half Inch of at oats In each pan then pour a gallon of warm water through a funnel tun net Into the pan B from which the water trickles down through the oats In all the drawers and finally collects In the lower pan B O I I II I I Ir r F I I 1 I I I I IL I L t Homemade Oat C which Is water tight D i Is a lamp below the pan C and should be regu 4 so the oats In the lower drawer will not get warmer than 85 or 90 00 degrees The oats should be watered each morning and night with warm water The four holes In the side furnish ventilation for the lamp In one Ine week the sprouts will be three to four Inches high and may be fed ted Begin with the lower drawer and after atter feeding feedIng feed- feed I Ing the contents refill with oats from i the pall pail E B In which they have been soaking for 24 hours Move the other drawers down and put the last one me filled on top I find one feed every other day to be enough |