| Show scientific ri CHICKEN FEEDING PAYS BEST B sr G E conkey in studying feeding feadin the he first thine thing is to consider a few auts fauts ro girding the domestication ind and training of what was originally nally a i wild fowl in the jungles of inalia mature nature mado made her lay but twelve eggs per er year and und then only in proper season now we have hava trained ler lo 10 lay ten times this numb number cr and at ill all seasons there are many people nho ho tell you to follow nature in the feeding and raising of your chickens chicken nothing could be farther from the truth FOLLOW SCIENCE ip in this day of advancement a must follow science instead of nature Inu inasmuch as it ills is against the nature of oa 1 the bird to lay on an egg in winter when eggs are highest in price we must feed something that pill zill simulate tim action and produce the desired result feed must be le better and easier to assimilate than nature intended we roust must also give more sare care and warmth to the fowl itself demanding unnatural results means that unnatural methods must be employed A certain percentage of the f fugures that poultry men constantly meet with is directly due to the matter er of feeding an enair flock can be e ruined in n a very short time by improper ind and careless handling WELL BALANCED RATIONS well b bi danced lanced rations should be fed ed the meaning of a well balanced ration raton is a food that con t thins tins all the elements that the bird needs and at the same time inc injures tures the health of the fowl experiments show that with a good mash containing the proper concentrated materials the selection of grain used in iii connection is not of or such great as ia h some limes thries imagined the fowls ampre eito late a change of food occasionally po wever and no ono one or two giaino when fed constantly will afford the variety of food that is considered necessary S again some grains are loo high priced in certain districts to make otheir their constant tiso use advisable and therefore it naturally follows that cheaper grains will bo be used this accounts for the varied feeding rations that are offered the poultry pan roan MANY GRAINS USED in sections where wheat corn and oats are obtainable at a reasonable price these are used largely as a grain food aid but there are other others that i could be usen used to 0 o just as good advantage se and at the same time add va biety it is not necessary to have a large variety of foods but the foils appreciate it the proportion pio portion of the grains grain used could 1 b varied in the seasons and this ib especially advisable in section where winters are severe OTHER FOODS NECESSARY grain alone however does not make a complete food and must be supplemented by a proper supply of green food animal matter minerals and grinding materials an esplan aaion of the different food elements such as prot iea carbohydrates carbo hydrates etc will w I 1 11 ll be taken up and explained in a simple way in a succeeding article there is one thing to remember however in reference to variety of foods and that is not to o 0 chang e the feeding rations too suddenly or too often this many times has a bad effect upon the birds |
