| Show Minerals for Fowls Fo of Big Importance Ground Bone and nd t Shell Are Essential I Time The Ih importance of or minerals In the ration mUon of ot the time hl laying Ing lien hen Is often overlooked overlooked overlooked over over- looked and the production of e eggs gs Is sometimes materially decreased I because be because be- be cause the fowl lacks a II sufficient quantity quantity quan tIt of the 11 necessary mineral mutter muller This Is well understood by producers ers who have made a ml scientific c study of th time the l entire feeding question It has been the subject of considerable research research research re re- search on the time pI part It of some sonic of our best hest experiment stations Ordinarily there Is no necessity of adding specially prepared mineral mixtures mixtures mixtures mix mix- tures to 0 the ration If ground bone o oyster ster shell and anil the like are ure a n part garb o of the tho regular diet And these should constitute part Jurt of the diet of every e In laying ing hen Where the proportion of meat ment meal mea I or OJ beef scrap crap Is sufficiently lar large l' l the necessity for special minerals min Is also somewhat ome reduced But there are a ma good many flocks which for one reason or 01 another are fed fel con cona on ona onn a n rather limited ignited diet timid mIll In its such cases the time addition of an nn e especial pe mineral mixture Is advised Iseli A good mineral mixture is made b by mixing mixing- GO pounds of finely ground ld hone bone meal 40 olD pounds limestone also finely ground rund and amI 20 O pounds of COpl- COpl com common mon moon salt F Four JUr per ler cent of this combination combination combination com com- Is added to the laying mash unless bone hune meal or beef scrap or both are used in some ome other wa way In the latter latteri case the amount of the mineral 11 mixture may be somewhat reduced Where an un otherwise good laying in ration ration ra- ra ra- ra tion Is IH provided the addition of this this r Material will often h be he found the one thing necessary to to greatly Increase the number of eg eggs s. s I l |
