Show rational method tf of feeding g poultry american agriculturist the next decade is likely to witness ne ma a much moro rational system of feeding poultry than has the past ast a system that will not only to bo much cheaper but more tive of health and more productive of eggs and growth while it is true that quite an amount of food rich in certain elements is ia necessary for the formation of eggs it is equally true that there is and has been b een an almost universal waste of concentrated foods in the manner of feeding seeding that is customarily practiced this can rea readily ily be seen when the character of poultry droppings is considered ita its great richness particularly in I 1 the nitrogenous elements shows howin how much uch valuable food has pw passed aed through the system either for egg production or growth there are too many evils attendant upon feeding poultry almost wholly on concentrated food such as grains of various kinds parti particularly cula aly corn in the first place they are too expensive sive nor is the expense less lea Een because because ono one raises the grain it is not sufficiently bulky and ia is too fattening thus vius br bringing 11 i ging on a condition which is not favorable to egg production but disposes the fowls to diseases 0 of o various kinds and also has a tendency to bring on the incubating fever since a hen scarcely ever desires to ait sit while unduly lean loan the best method ia is to feed fowls aa as other stock is fed upon rt varied ration of bulky and concentrated foods such as ensilage e roots clover oatmeal and bran clover cloyer ia is one of ol the best foods that can ba be given provided that the tile ration is proportionately balanced by grain and other food the idea of feeding hay bay to poul poultry try may seem absurd to some persons persona because they havo have never seen its good gool effects moreover it is not to be fed dry but in a finely divided and n moist 0 condition where clover can be made into ensilage cheaply it will be valuable iff in that form but the most convenient method for general use seems seeing to bo be the following which the writer has practiced with success the clover should bo be cut when in the blossom either ol 01 the first or second crop an dured without exposure to bun sun let it be cut and when w wilted put up into bunches before it begins to heat it should bo be aired by being re bunched when it has cured enough in this way to keep well if thrown on a scaffolding or on top of a 06 mow it should be taken in special clover cutters are in the market or the hay may be put several times through a common hay lay cutter the advantage of the former being economy of time since the he L clover cuta cuts f fine aae elou enough gh when the hay ii put through b but once thia this finely cut material should be steamed by pouring buring boiling hot water upon c each K bucketful that it is desired to ue uge and allowing it to stand until well softened the moist hay can then have equal parta of oatmeal and bran mixed with it when it will bo be eaten by fowls with great relish clover in itself is a valuable egg forming food and also assists by its bulkiness in keeping the system in a more healthy condition it may way well form half the ration consumed by a fowl during tho day the other portion if eggs or growth are desired should be lie largely of I 1 such uch articles as wheat or bra bran us oats lean mealand mea meat tand and milk milks with little or no corn I 1 1 1 1 1 1 e i 1 e I 1 1 f |