Show o b Poultry Facts b s so o- o oo o o o o. c A A young guinea Is like a n young grouse or quail and will hide wh when B scared They do not make any noise at nt nil all when they hide from a n supposed enemy and are very hard to find i Some poul place piece a large box I of coal or tood ashes In each ench section of their laying house houses The hens dU lust dusi lustIn 1 In Inthe the ashes und arid undoubtedly remove remo many body hody lice by the process I Feeding whole dry oats as a largi- largi part pUIt of or all nil whole grain ration Is poor business I haven Even ven though the oats oat are plump and bright the hulls make makeI I theta them them poor feed except except- In Iii limited quantities The Time Missouri College of Agriculture ha has has' recently completed some ments meats In which the they find tind that thai In feeding feed feed- feedIng Ing hens soybean soy meal may ninny be used In place of meal meat scrap thereby re the cost of feed teed They also found It paid to feed mineral mInerai While the hen Isn't exactly a grazIng grazIng grazing graz graz- Ing animal she does tuck a 0 lot of grass under her belt during a sum summer mer day And when she cant can't get It she must have sprouted oats cabbage mangels or such If It she's going to gladden you with eggs If It we expect winter eggs we must roust produce our pullet front from hens that are e bred to lay during the winter Thoroughly spraying the time poultry house especially the time roosting und and In laying Ing quarters with crude oil or coal oil will destroy the red mites The period when pullets start lay Iny iu iua Is a critical one Pullets which tire are due to begin to lay Iny at freezing w weather ther usually wait walt until spring This Ibis m un en entire loss for several severn s |