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Show OBTAIN WINTER EGGS Make Conditions as Near Like Summer as Possible. Sprouted Grains Furnish Easiest Solution So-lution of Problem Oats Rank Higher Than Corn More Fat Than In Wheat. (By C. S. ANDERSON, Colorado Agricultural Agricul-tural College, Fort Collins, Colo.) - Many people believe that if they furnish a reasonably comfortable house, and supply a little corn, or whatever grain happens to be available, avail-able, that there is no excuse for their hens not filling the winter egg basket. Spring and summer seasons are the natural times for hens to lay, and If they are made to lay through the winter, conditions must be made as near like their natural laying season as possible. v Sprouted grains furnish xhe best solution. so-lution. As a protein or egg-producing feed, oats ranks much higher than corn and contains more fat than wheat. Its high proportion of hull to kernel makes It bulky and unpalatable. Sprouting overcomes this difficulty, and also furnishes the green feed so essential. Oats can be sprouted and fed at 4 to 6 Inches high more economically eco-nomically than roots or vegetables can be produced. The time required for the growth is short, the amount of succulent material is large and increased in-creased egg production Is Invariably the result. One hundred pounds of oats can be Increased to 350 to 400 pounds of succulent feed. It is an easy matter to construct a home made sprouter, but unless a warm room is available, and if many birds are to be fed, it is advisable to purchase one of the several reliable sprouters now on the market. |