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Show Use Cod Liver Oil With dark, gloomy days at hand It Is time to provide the laying hens with cod liver oil to take the place of sunshine. Tlie value of this vitamin vita-min D Is that It stimulates better utilization of the minerals In the feed, enabling the birds to use the surplus materials not needed for body maintenance and for production pro-duction of egg shells. The best method Is to add two quarts to each 100 pounds of feed, or to use a good commercial feed that already contains con-tains the vitamin In proper proportion. propor-tion. If mixed at home, put the oil with a small amount of feed and then mix this in the larger supply. |