Show P 11 LT RY M SPROUTED OATS ARE EXCELLENT care must be exercised that hulls do not impact sprouted oats make an excellent poultry food when sprouted oats are fed whole oats can be left out of the scratch cratch s grain with advantage in feeding whole oats oata the hulls often cause imparted crops and death en bue 6 um when theonis theon the onta ts are fed sprouted oo no trouble along tills this line wll will be experienced perien perlen ced in sprouting eatn oats a temperature of tit at least 55 degrees Is required the growth will be more rapid if the hagh er teu temperature pera ture la Is provided oats ca can n be sprouted in the dark if the temperature Is right if sprouted in a dark room the top growth will be light in color but one days anys exposure to light andali and air will give tile the green color A method of sprouting oats ants Is na as to follows the oats tire are soaked in water for twenty four fou r hours an inch layer Is than spread out in shallow trays tras or rit racks c ks the trays must have good d amitage ali tage if the drainage Is poor the oats cats will mold an and are then unlit unfit for f feeding eed I 1 ng to the birds twice a day the hie oats are sprinkled sprinkle with warm water in a weel week or ten days depending on the temperature tempera tuie of course the oats will be three inches and ad will ill have a top growth of four or five indies inches A block a 0 toot foot square makes a sufficient focient dally daily feed tor for 50 liens hens |