Show t Y Yr Yi r i l i J SPROUTING OATS FOR FOWLS Essential Where Roots or Other Green Feeds Are Not Available for Poultry Sprouted oats Is rather a necessity thun than a 0 luxury y for tor poultry In winter particularly If It roots or er r other green feeds are not available a Only the best hest grade of oats plump and heavy r should be used They should be h idled h-idled In such a n manner as us to reach rench maximum growth quickly Six quarts of ot oats are placed In a u ten-quart ten galvanized tin Un pall pail which is 18 filled with water of ot n a temperature not not- over degrees Fahr Fahrenheit Fah Fali r to which has been added addel ten drops of ot to prevent ent mold The oats are allowed to soak seal In Inthis Inthis inthis this pall for 48 hours dur ig lg which they will wUl have ha absorbed nil all the water The They are next spread evenly enly In the trays of the sprouting rack melt to the thickness of about an nn Inch The rack Is kept In a n room the temperature of ot which Is maintained at not less than CO GO degrees an and the oats are thoroughly thor thor- thoroughly sprinkled with water twice a n day In from seven to ten da days s 's according according ac RC ac- ac cording to the temperature of ot the room the sprouts should be from four to six Inches in height which Is about right for feeding By Dr this time the nutrients nutrients nu nu- nu of ut the seed wilt will have ha become exhausted und and the sprouts will deprecIate depreciate depre depre- elate In food value alue If not fed quickly The oats will form a n mat nearly four tour times the weight of the original seed It should be fed In the tray as us asIt asit It grows rows at the rate of one square Inch per bird per pet day Once a n day dayIs Is enough to feed It It If managed t r J a Stand for Sprouting Oats Oata carefully a n new tray can be ready every day A little experience will wilt show how this can be he done as It Is purely a n matter of ot measurement n II certain quantity being prepared dally daily For small flocks less than six quarts could be prepared at a time Overfeeding Overfeeding Over Over- feeding tends to cause diarrhoea Of course the sprouts must not be he al allowed iii- iii lowed to freeze and It Is too valuable to be wasted Anyone handy with tools can make a 0 rack In the farm arm aria workshop |