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Show 'HOW 10 GET TOE EGGS ' Old Mother Naturo probably know , what bIio "was about when sho gave tho lion an Insatlablo appetlto for worms and bugs. Wo may not ap-provo ap-provo of tho taste or tlio lien when sho gobbles up a nice Juicy grub with a cluck or sntlsractlon, but tho morn wo study about tlio naturo or tbo hen tho moro wo becomo convinced that sho needs overy bit or nnltnul rood sho can get. Tho modern hen that wo nro forcing every year to lay moro and moro eggs, has Improved Improv-ed to a potty good egg machine The food thnt sho eats goes first tn mako blood, bono, musclo, nnd fenth era nnd then It sho Is In the right condition nnd gets tho right kind or rood It goes Into making eggs. But tho best hen cannot mako eggs Troni thin nlr. Tho egg isn't creatod In.j her ovnry In sotno mysterious mnn-ner mnn-ner from nothingness. Every ounce, every atom of tho egg comes dlrecU 1 from tho food sho eats. Llko every ev-ery other machine, you havo to feed tho raw material In at ono end to get tho finished product out at the o th or. Now it happens that tho hen's bones, muscles and feathers are very largely mado of tho same chem leal elements that an egg Is made of. A lot of theso elements are called protein. This protein Is not found In sufficient quantities In grains' so the other foodstuffs wero looked into. It was found that meal contained these egg making elements. ele-ments. But the poultryman cannot afford to pay tho beer trusts fancy prices for their meats, not even for their best hens, so thoy had to look for a cheaper kind of moat. They wero at last successful In finding It In green cut bono and nlso nt a low prlco. Bono cutters wero thon Invented In-vented to put tho green bono In feed Ing condition. So there is no excuse for' tho hen not laying If properly fed. There is a pleasure In getting n lot or eggs every day, but ono feols kind or proud or his Hock when tho pro duction Increases and they wilt bo better cared Tor and mongrels will bo blotted out ot hondom Utnh Far-mo'. |
