Show FEEDING CHICKENS FOR EGG production NO MEAT BEEF bril SOUR MILK men hen fed no meet meat or milk laid 38 eggs whit while 71 were being laid by the milk fed hens and 72 by tho the hen fed with beef scrap try by I 1 PROF H I 1 L KEMPSTER TER ty anler 1111 I 1 ige alty it of t III ri college of agni agn I anre r the hen Is an economical trial or er of food into a finished prod product ot A be hen I 1 lading ing eg 1 in a your year to is not at all unusual A four pound h hen 1 1 1 la ina ima this thia number her will prod produce six times her weight in eggs to do this she will learn from seventy to eighty pounds dmd of food for far economical meal pro ducom due tion it la Is necessary 1 that the food b be a properly so se Is lecter it 0 it 2 that it be fed I 1 in correct proper ahm and ad I 1 in a judic judicious a manner in or der that her digest digestive ive organs may be kept in good comil condition 3 that she he be fed enough ah BO thit tbt bhe be has plenty of 1 surplus lor far egg pro food I 1 is taken take into the body to fur nish energy courcy and to build up tissue in feeding for egg production the pur par poses for which food is supplied are 1 to supply the body needs 2 to produce eggs TI the p problems nib I 1 of p poultry oil feeding re in quire tire g good and judgment inigue t an and it ks keen bear n mons hens fed for egg production should 1 1 have load food high in m the load food 11 ele ments which are found in sago those fed in the fatt fattening ning pens should have T the foods food alif which most ec economically fat the best ration then Is the be one which supplies most econom rally the food requirements of the bird for the purpose for far which it 1 Is kept it should be remembered that one of th the a principles of poultry feeding is that the hen ca cannot I 1 do veil tell if fed on ii whole abode grain ration not only it does so a m ration tl n of grain fail to furnish the in pro proper pe food nutrients but such are a ra tion thin Is difficult tor for the bird to digest properly the tha great fault with the eryn tarin farmer in his poultry feeding Is ia that he aftem attempts p is to feed a a whole hole grain v ra tion thin and generally only one sell grain at that such a ration results in poor egg w d s I 1 ku ve feeding the flock at poultry house encourages encourage the fowls to stay home production and also causes digestive disorders liver and kidney troubles trouble complaints of this kind hind frequently come to the department of poultry bastion husbandry on ry and a suggested change in ID the rat ration hae haa usually resulted in the elimination of the trouble efficient Etro jent digestion demands ft a combination of whole hot and it ground grans grama A retain ration should consist at 0 groins grains suit and ground f me feeds it generally speaking twice as much eh grain should be consumed as ground U aund teed feed this depends of ol course upon the nature ot of the foods fed ft V hole hall old and cracked grains grain are dig noted by poultry feeders as scratch foods to or do combinations Combination a of ground feeds either wet set or dry are called mashes ashes adaptability of food feed stuffs stan cheit is probably the moot popular poultry paul tri food it la Is a site food greatly relished by the fowls it runs runa high in it its P protein acm content and it II ba has a large sam amount u of ash S shrunken h runk I 1 wheat heat can be fed to advantage and can cam often be obtained cheath IN heat screenings it if of if good 11 quality I 1 can be used need sal at vage go w cheit sit la be of often I 1 found on mi the ria mar ket kat it should be lin used with caution grim burned by tire lire wakes makes siti siao tory poultry food the there 1 Is iowa however Is large go amount of salvage grain that was a ne never er in an elevator fire the wheat has as spoiled by molding unit and has been charred so as to hide this fact moldy grama of any kind should never r be fed the molds not only oly set up 11 ta I a disorders disorder but camia a certain net ill disease 0 ol at the luck luces bran bian to fg a byproduct by product of wheat beat s it a hould always alway torm form an important part pan in I 1 any ny poultry ration thin bran la 11 high malit in st ash h conte content I 1 t va and d obia also renders ithie the be mash ration of such consistency coulis tency that dl di gestle seethe disorders disorder are not BO likely to arise this thia la is tle the chief value vain of bran been a da a peltry poi atry food only cady a mail email portion cf a it Is digested by chickens eo a that lor far it its food value im alone 1 it would old be an spa avo food feed am r lower in protein con can tent and higher in arh coolant content thic bran brain hot but bece because I of the retail relative cheapness should be used A posed mash too ton high in midd il linga dings la in pasty and when used U I 1 1 I it g should be mixed with other foods s BO a as aa to be easily handled hand ledL by the the digestive tract C corn m should form a large portion of at oration the tha ration it la Is liked by the fowls because of it ita bibb starch and fat content it la Is fit timing it should ba fed in combination with other dralus cracked corn is in a form farm more are really easily assimilated than whole what earn corn end and hot bet to ter results will ill come with the I 1 bao ot or it feeding immature or green I 1 corn in the fall often results I 1 in troubles trouble cornmeal should be present I 1 in alt it rations it it as may be used it to in the mash but should be mixed with other feeds feed a 80 Us aa to lessen leave the liability of or aroi impaction one danger in handling cornmeal la Is it tta liability ot at hooting heating a 01 fermenting ter in storage sour or moldy feed should never r he be 1 fed 1 A good pran t tice lee is to mix 1 th the car cornmeal at with live braa in proportions desired and store to mixed lather ither the than attempt to at store separately t ely one of the reasons reason co is 11 better than zig as a chick too food I 1 13 a that hiking destroys the ferments ferment or molds oats can be used successfully I 1 in the ration bahen lahen fed whole abut they should be fed in limited quantities not more the than one ma third bird of the grain ration be cause of the high do percentage r of halt chic chickens k I 1 are able to digest but bat very little crude fiber and for ill thia a reason one must in limit ft the amount of foods food with situ hulls hall suh h as buckheart bucK heat oats to sunflower seed etc the ration should not have more mom than 3 to 4 per crul cent of mide en da fiber ground out oats make an excellent mh mash for chickens u while bile pin head bead or steel cut oats make excellent chick feed as do rolled oats bolts th the he hen requires quite some food high lu loi protein all our grain foods so far considered do not furnish enough protein let it it is ne necessary art then to supply something which will balance the ration or equalize the relation between the proteins protein end and the ca r bo hydrate s and fats ot of the vegetable protein prattle foods oil meal Is 19 perhaps the most popular it ft Is s high in protein containing 30 per P e r r ent cent and makes a valuable addition to the mish during th tha boulting moul ting sea season it should never form farm more mare than one fifteenth of the ration Cot cottonseed lId in meal at 1 Is not at r considered iid II d as palatable and I 1 it is slightly constipating it if led fed it should 1 be in very small q quantities quani a I 1 itic gluts gluten meal at Is aa also used oil same the he same purpose and la is greatly rel fahed meat bloat foods are considered for efficient 1 nm egg production in fact it I 1 Is poor economy not to feed meat food of some kind increased ret returns a from feeding it more than make up for the expense beef scrap is perhaps the most common meat food this is a commercial product which comes iu a ground form will keep indefinitely and cin be mixed in the m mh mash h beer beef scrap runs very high in protein and lor in addition contains ash which la is beneficial lot it la is a useless expense to teed feed too much one twelfth beet beef scrap in the be ration is aa h as aa necessary mcacy mi acy provided no other food d unusually u on jelly high 1 non in protein is fed it a oil meal as gluten meal etc are fed this proportion me can be re reduced d 1 need at the Alls missouri agrical ural e experiment station a pen of 0 25 leghorns Leg horns waa fed beet beef scrap and ad produced 80 more eggs train from november 1 1914 to july 1 1915 than a corresponding sp pen which thich was fed the same AT jt ration but without the beef scrap the iw two poll pena at 1 1 practically the III a same amount ot a food so BO that worth of beet beef scrap produced 80 more mor eggs egg green cut bone is kopul popular r as aa a meat food it is greatly relished by b hens the preparation of it Is laborious un no less one has a potter cutter culter it must be fed almost as soon as pre predated lor for it spoils oil very quickly la in arm i w amber A small email amount daily increases me materially dornill teri tor nill ally tho the egg ino when hen one me meat t food is fed there la Is no need of imp supplying others other la Is not it BO an be cause the hens do not the e it so well fresh fish infertile eggs table scraps scrap etc to on can also be used in the supply or animal food for farmers the lae u ye of at sour an skimmed milk or buttermilk ia 1 urged at the bit missouri url agricultural arpe erpe experts n ment meat station mthm it e as shown that by the use of sour milk the cost of prodie ing essa egg we was reduced too tea mot cent a doseo do A pen of 20 leghorn Leg horna which bich was a fed milk produced in eight months estt more logo eggs than another pen fed the tha same va aitio but without abour or at it the rate t ot of 20 cents per pounds po to tor worth earth of milk fund produced more eggs the pen I 1 consumed mind IOU pounds less feed during that time sour milk is in better the than test sweet milk in feeding milk ilk one as should keep the tha pail or pens pans clean when vibe milk I 1 Is fedl fail it to ia y to teed beet beat scrap or gr gleea cut ajon a |