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Show Chicken Feeding Points Summer eggs usually sell on a rising market following the low point in spring, says Professor By-.on By-.on Alder, of the Utah State Agricultural Agri-cultural college Extension Service, whe suggests Wat flock owners on their feeding progiam to insure as many eggs as possible during the summer. Tr.-e usual rise in egg p.i-ces p.i-ces is expected to take place this summer. Professor Alder calls attention to a four-point program for suinmer feeding offered by H. W. Titus, poul try speeialist cf the U. S. Department Depart-ment of Agriculture. County Agents Ag-ents and the extension service will help to plan, economical summer laticns based on the feeds available. avail-able. The recommendations from Titus are general suggestions on methods: One: If the hens have been laying lay-ing well on the diet they have been getting this spring, do not risk changing the diet now. Continue eedmg the same dut and do net turn the.r.' loose to pick up their living without the supplementary feed that will keep them laying well. If they have not been laying well, improve the ration. Two: If they are laying well, continue tne same plan of feeding and management; if not, improve tue sjst.m. If the hens have been r;ettirip; feed at cer ain hours, continue con-tinue feeding at These same hours. Three: If the hens are cn an all-mash, all-mash, diet, give them a little more than they will clean up. Then clean up the hoppers and feed the surplus sur-plus to non-laye s before it gets stale or spoils. Tlie layers should have- first chance at a full feed. Four: Keep up the total protein in the diet. Laying hens need a diet with 16 to 17 per cent protein in summer. |
