Show back yard poultry keeping in park yesterday miss liss A ellen agren the competent home demonstration I 1 agent of coalville Co alville with county agent R S boswell and prof H W sanborn government demonstration ie agent of lagau were a n park city and last night a meeting was held at the city hall ball which billich was addressed by prot prof sanborn on the many advantages 1 vant agea of back yard poultry keeping 1 f and giving expert instruction how to make poultry keeping either in a small way or on a large scale a success prof sanborn is a successful poultry raiser of more than ten years experience and gives plain practical advice that is easily understood and his talk was not only enjoyable but profitable the local farm bureau is willing and anxious to help park city people with their back yard poultry raising and home garden get interested and become mem bers 0 of the farm bureau it will I 1 prove a decided advantage to both men and women back yard poultry not only supply the table with home fresh eggs and superior fresh killed poultry which is to be much desired and will be more freely used on account of the better quality but they can end and will with proper teed feed and care supply the home table at much less cost than poultry and eggs shipped in from unknown sources poultry rightly handled is very profitable and all in park city as elsewhere would do well to keep enough hens in the back yard to supply their own table these hens bens will utilize all the table scraps and waste and all vegetable leavings that would otherwise be wasted vested this furni furnishes es a good part or of the teed feed which cuts down the feed bill audit and it supplemented with right additional feeding will produce eggs at small cost it would be well to grind up the table scraps in a meat chopper and mix them with a little brand to make a crumbly mash and teed feed in the morning also keep a dry mash mixture containing beet scraps before them all the time at night feed all the scratch grain they will wll lef eat an idal scratch grardi gram wo would id be equal parts of wheat arid and corn except at unreasonable prices forlorn for corn then barley may be substituted using 3 parts wheat and 2 parts barle yiAn an ideal dry mash would be 2 part scorn meal one part bran one part beet beef scraps if corn meal is not available barley and shorts may mav be substituted one part of each those wishing to order baby chicks can do so advantageously by pooling their orders and ordering through gli fhe he farm bureau mr C J haueter it is the local chairman those wishing help on poultry problems or a copy of the government bulletin on Back backyard yai d poultry keeping could obtain same by addressing the farm dureau bureau office at Co alville in late april and may when eggs are cheap they should be preserved for use nse when scarce and high those wishing help on this problem can get it from the home demonstration agent at the farm bureau ottice office |