Show P 11 eky SPROUTED OATS ARE EXCELLENT care must be exercised that hulls do not impact sprouted oats make nn an excellent poultry food fyhen sprouted oats are fed wit liole le oats can be left out of the crotch grain with advantage in feeding whole oats the hulls often cause impacted crops and death ensues when the oats are red fed sprouted no DO trouble along this line will be experienced perien ced in sprouting oats a temperature of a at t least 61 degrees Is required the growth will he more rapid it if the higher tent I 1 iera ture Is provided 0 ants Is can be sprouted in tile dark if tile the temperature la Is right it if sprouted in a lark dork roon room the top growth will be light in color but one days exposure to light and air will gle give the green color A method oil of sprouting ants Is as follows the oats are soaked in unter for twenty four hours an inch layer Is then spread out in shallow trays or rocks racks the trays must have good drainage dral ringe if tile the drainage Is poor the ants vill mold and are then unfit for feeding to the birds twice a lay day tile the oats oata are sprinkled with warm water in a week or ten days on tile the t temperature empera ture of co monre illse the oats will be three inches thick and will have a top growth of four or the five inches A block a font squat square e makes a sufficient dally daily feed tor for SO 50 liens |