Show P ay iy vr C POULTRY FEED THAT IS WELL BALANCED calculated to maintain egg production reed feed cost Is only a part of 0 the expense of producing eggs it Is about GO 60 per cent of the expense it if it takes 8 9 cents feed cost to produce eggs the eggs must sell for 15 cents a dozen to keep from losing money what the poultry man needs Is a cheap but well ration there are two mash mixtures that can be prepared for about the same price the first Is rquel parts of bran shorts cornmeal ground roand oats and meat scraps the second Is pounds cornmeal pounds ground wheat pounds ground oats or barley pounds of ment meat scraps either mash must be fed dry and kept before the hens at all times in open self feeders ten feet of feeder space Is 13 needed for each liens hens in the house A grain ration Is fed with the mash such a ration may consist of any grains grown on the farm it should contain some yellow corn if it does not add too much to the cost by in eluding it equal parts of cracked corn whole wheat and Is a suggested ration or 75 parts of corn 21 27 parts of wheat or in fact most any combination of grains rangeland range and fresh water necessary for crowding pullets on the range Is one cause of poor develop development mei it when tile the young birds have plenty of room they seem to feat feather her better and develop vigorous meaty bodies poultry profits are determined not ent entirely irely by th 3 nu of pullets but by the quality of the individual birds never allow the rhe water supply to eun cun tow low on the pullet range ge it if water must be carried to the birds take them fresh water whether they need lt it or not this prevents the fountains or pans from running dry and causing causin the birds to trample each other while suffering from thirst the modern method of feeding the growing stock consists in keeping a balanced dry mash available at all times and that mash cannot easily be eaten or digested without large quantities of water to mix with it it no profit in keeping weak pullets in flock weak pullets should be disposed of as soon as possible after they are out of the incubator according to leon todd of the purdue university faculty I 1 poorly feathered chicks often called bare backs usually are the result of an inherited tendency and one prominent hatchery man told me he had ills flock owners band each poorly hatched chick he said none of the banded birds was used as breeders bleeders bre eders and after using this scheme it no ino longar was necessary to use bands to identify the bare backs neep keep young birds and layers sep ben abated to prevent disease he warned place the brooder douse house in clover or alfalfa near a corn held field and move it a few yards every three or four weeks and be sure there Is plenty of water for the birds must include vitamins in the chicken ration better chicks result if the hatching eggs are rich in vitamins A D and R E yellow corn and green alfalfa leaves supply A vitamin D will he supplied if the he flock can range in plenty of sunshine whole kernels of wheat contain vitamin B E each poultry ralser raiser producing hatching eggs ega should see to it that his breeding birds are receiving their share of these vita m ins contu I 1 ning feeds in case of a conr spell of cloudy weather it would be advisable to feed a biologically tested cod liver oil until sufficient sunshine returns as such oil contains vitamin D cod liver oil can be mixed mired with the grain teed feed tit at ohp rate of one pint for each pounds air poultry house when a long poultry house consists of tight sections while the hens all range in one flock we find it priya to open nil all the inside doors and block them open this tends to stir up lip n R draught in the house and tile the air keeps moving even on hot days an out side bide screen door covered with hardware cloth can be used instead of the wooden door on hot nights and it will help to keep out thieves but permit air to circulate through the house honse indiana farmers guide quarters for pullets As the culls are removed remove ii the floeh will of course need less room and where a large house with pens Is used the remainder of the flock can he moved into fewer and fewer pens and the empty ones thoroughly clea cleaned neri find and dis infected and mode made ready for the pui pullets lets a writer in the ohio farm pr er comments this method of arrangement will spread the labor a longer time and mean less rustling this tall fall when the pullets are ready to be put dat la their winter quarters |