| Show rm FRESH GARBAGE SAVES COST it if carefully selected and kept fre of af broken glass and tin 30 per cent saving made prepared by the united states department of agriculture A practical manner of reducing jiff tha production costs of market eggs con lists in feeding fresh garbage placed before tile flock its is soon ns as possible otter after it has been rejected from the table used judiciously it will reduce tile the cost of egg and meat production from 25 to 30 per cent the garbage must be fresh and tree free from all fermentation and sourness the intrinsic value of garbage as a poultry feed Is ir due to the fact that it provides a varied ration which flu fits q all the need and requirements of the flock one explanation of why the small flock owner with his backyard bevy of he hens is secures heavy production of 10 04 agi V I 1 the provident hens relish fresh garbage and daily await the appearance pe arance of the garbage wagon eggs hinges around the fact that he emphasizes the use of table scraps in be ration similar results obtain where large co li mercial flocks are given access to dally daily allowances of sanitary well selected and palatable garbage although the character of garbage varies throughout the year due to the fact that more succulent vegetables and fruits are used during the summer this refuse Is also a val anble substitute for costly grains and concentrates in the lieu hen menu unfortunate results which in some instances have followed the use of garbage carbage are due to feeding a mixture of table scraps that was not carefully selected hens like fresh garbage but are not able to digest scraps of tin phonograph needles and similar foreign material ater lal unless such substances are separated from the garbage disastrous results invariably follow and tile the soon abandons garbage feeding and condemns it as unsatisfactory the department of agriculture ri recommends that fresh garbage be run through a meat or vege table chopper chopp cr and mixed with a little ground teed feed before it is fed to the fowls As much of the table refuse should be fed as the flock will clean up with a relish in the course of an hour all feed which the birds reject should be removed from the feeding pens or yards as soon as possible thereafter otherwise it sours and contaminates the premises and subsequently if the fowls eat it it causes digestive cestive troubles where garbage is fed it is also prerequisite to provide a light ration of grain twice daily as well as to supply dry mash in a hopper before the flock As a rule table scraps are rich in protein and only occasionally Is it necessary to supplement the mash with approximately 5 per cent of meat meal during the summer garbage decomposes and ferments quickly and it must be fed before it reaches this biage the feeding of at garlinge gar garb liage age Is favored during cold weather because in the winter the refuse keeps better suburban flock owners may often secure the garbage from neighboring families who do not keep liens hens this source of feed may be so plentiful that the flock owner can expand ills his hen keeping operations and even afford to pay a small amount for the garba garbage ge experiments in feeding garbage at tile the government experiment farm at beltsville md indicate that ten hens will consume about one quart of garbage dally daily A A suitable dry mash as a supplement to this garbage consists of three parts by weight of cornmeal one part of bran one part of and 5 per cent of meat scraps this mash is kept before the foi fowls als all the time if the table scraps contain much fruit and vegetable pe elings snore mash should bo be added while it the garbage con consists ests cli chiefly lefly of potato peelings pe elings bread and meat less mash should bo be used care should be exercised cased to drain off soapy water or excess liquid from the garbage |
