| Show RICE BRAN KEEPS FLOCK IN HEALTH good food for chickens in confinement the substitution of from 10 to 20 per er cent of rice bran for othe feed ing stuffs in the diet of chickens being reared in confinement helped to a disease d sease known as deforming lei weakness the united states department of agriculture reports as one result of a series of ex aen peri ments conducted in operation cooperation avith ith various states the investigations showed also that ao no chickens which were being kept in on to study the replace replaceable abil fly ty of varl us w de ke lopin peros s other experiments planned for the purpose of s idding he the coi cot d tion sl 0 ed that the add tion ion of 6 to 10 per cent of rice bran to 0 o the diet caused a marked deduc ion tion in the nuru number br of affel affi acted birds I 1 derosis usually u makes its appearance appear ahee an in ng rig actively gro i ing cl icks kept in n confinement and fed an unsuitable d 1 et one of tl e first symptoms sym Is a puffiness iness of the J ants ants of the legs ind and a tendency on ta tle e part of the at af acted birds to quit tor for long au periods of if time the next ata stae e Is burac charac erined ay by an increase of the puffiness ind and a ben I 1 n of tl ti e ie bones in he the final form he disease leaves the joints of the legs pertinently de ormed formed the ln estimations showed also that an in adjustment of the relative quan ity of calcium and phosphorus in the diet as w m ell as athe add tion of rice bran iran helped to prevent peros a W when hun he two changes were maide sir simul ul T no cases of occurred Is not the same as ickens ne ie department points out chickens ith show normal ash con ent mt of their leg bones and the cal urn ura and inorganic phosphorus eon con i nt of their blood serum Is normal either of wl ich condition Is true t f ch alens with rickets the tests dacate that another vitamin besides Is for the development f the bones of chickens vise will gather eggs when laid it Is appalling to read reports about e number and value of eggs that re lot every year because some peo ie like to hear the roosters crow or because it Is too much bother to catch em ern the germ in a fertile egg will egin to grow at a temperature of I 1 out 63 degrees fahrenheit sometimes we ve are careless about abing the broody hens on the nests they have the eggs spoiled by sit ng on them all bli da das before we gather em ein it t matter twitter whether the i at Is furnished by the weather or e sitting hens as the result Is the ime while the eggs to all appearances ie e perfectly fresh they will be rot n before they reach the final mar t because the temperature Is high lough to start germ growth but not eada ead v enough to keep it this varia varla on in temperature soon kills the rm rin then rot begins an infertile g under the same cond eions will t become rotten as the germ has i life to develop light yolks preferred poultry producers find that many in the large 1 cities especially e new I 1 lork ork market prefer eggs with ht lit colored yolks the united states department of agriculture says certain materials such as green feed d yellow corn produce dark yolks t when eggs are candled candied it U Is often to tell wl ether the dark yolk s been caused by feed or because e egg has ben exposed to heat eat i us although buyers prefer light iks ils in order to be on the safe side irk yolks do not necessarily means at the eggs are infer or in quality eds such as white corn wheat and oats result in eggs iving light yolks to be be classed as a quality product gs must be uniform in color and e and light yolks make them more in many markets blackhead carriers blackhead Is generally carried into by very small worms which ive ve been deposited on the soil by ickens chickens S 8 nce nee these worms live over in the soil from one year to the next the e best means of preventing the dis ease se in turkeys Is to have them run on clean ean ground that has not been con laminated in any way wa y by either chick ens is or turkeys in the previous two years ars A system of ground rotation Is the e best to use in accomplishing this end id prevent picking cannibalism Is often due to cases of in the flock improper nests are e apt to start it nests are some times oes placed in such position that they are e very light tight and have no partitions to separate the dens on the nest this method thod of nesting nukes makes it very con for a ben hen wh ie le walking up ind d down in front of the nests to p ck ek the e kayin I 1 ens this picking causes I 1 lee e I 1 ng and the hen when she leaves the e nest Is picked to death by the rest of the flock |
