Show SUMMER SUl FEEDING OF HENS IS IMPORTANT Il Nature will not supply enough animal ant ani inn mal protein In tJ tle e form of bugs and worms luring during the spring and summer to supply the In laying flock of poultry with what that Is needed to insure good gOOl egg g production says A. A G. G Phillips head of the poultry department of or Purdue university In the Ute spring when birds get onto free range and ond nd in the summer when they utilize the entire farm f for r exercise it is a common praCtice practice tice to reduce the amount of or mash containing protein and defend upon the grain as the large part of the feed to be he supplied I h by thOSA thos who ho keep I poultry As the weather warms up birds donot do donot donot not need as much heat supplied by bythe bythe bythe the grain as they do in the winter Consequently the grain gran consumption T rt l o m nHI fl h consumption Increased In order tose to see se that the birds eat more mash aa as the season progresses es it may be necessary necessary essary to food feed ed practically nn m grain Inthe Inthe in inthe the morning If the Pin Purdue due mash of i 50 O pounds bran io fiO pounds S and 30 pounds e is used the proportion of grain o mash mush In the spring should be Iwo two to one and In Inthe Inthe the summer one to one or equal pal palts of grain to mash As a rule egg Cg production begins to slump as soon as warm weather arrives ar ur- ai- ai rives but if the mash consumption increases increases increases in in- creases the slump wll will wilI not be so great The summer production can be very high and consequently very er profitable On farms where here much waste grain Is j I available It ma may be wise to confine the birds until about ten o'clock in the morning thus compelling them to oat eat mash before they are permitted to roam over oyer the farm High mash mush consumption consumption con con- Is absolutely necessary to Insure summer egg production |