Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1885-07-10
Poultry Breeding.

foultfy brecuiug.
How TO GET MOST EGGS The
manner Of feeding poultry that are
layers, is considerably different from
that Of feeding those that are breeders
Ia The latter case We want eggs that
slli hatch chickens with a strong con-
ssi,u.ion and good qualities. while 10
'hc s5,mer case we want eggs, only;
vc care not whether they will hatch or
not. our only am is to get the greatest
rum6er Of eggs from our fowls.
In order to accomplish this end,
". keep our pullets OF last years
hatch. and feed all that they will eat
,if.ch food constantly growing richer.
!: sSes lag. we give stimulant to i'm.
,,au TO them a fresh seart-red pepper
X The cheapest and perhaps the best
thing fos the purpose. Fowls will con-
linus 10 lay well the second year, but
IL VIII not be found as profitable to
teed them through their moulting
,.ascn as 1t would to keep them lay
ing sieir best for one year and then
kill ;hen.. Another thing; If you only
keep them one year, you viii have no
tough fowls" to haunt your dreams.
KILLING YoUNG HENS. = Young
hens may be killed two weeks alter
seasing TO lay, and if well hadled, they
will be tat. and may be thrown on the
market at an advance of from one to
five cents per pound above common
choice lots" If they happen to be
lirahmas. Many will, perhaps, object
10 this hot house system as being
desrimcntalt to the constitution. but as
VIC s.tno eggs nom the fowls, the OBJ
.ec,ion has no valid foundation. and
alls through. Do men object to
forcing steers, by high feeding, into
rapid fattening on the plea that it is
injurious to the constitution of others
which are not so fed2
Fowls TOO FAT TO LAY.-There is one
point to be remembered; it takes a
certain amount of food to keep the
animal alive. and after that all the food
eaten must go either to make eggs, to
build the body, or to produce fat 1t
is nonsense to talk of pullets being too
fat to lay. With old hens it may be
pos. i5le.
Some time ago l gave the results of
soine experiments with pigs, which
showed that it took fifty pounds OF
corn meal to keep a hog one month,
and that one hundred pounds of meal
per month produces a gram OF about
twenty pounds; that IS. fifty pounds
went 20 supply the waste OF the system
and all above that went to increasing
The weight. In COWS, a pair consuming
a small quantity produced five quarts
ofmilk for every one hundred pounds
Of green lucern eaten, while pair
consuming a larger quantity, produces
six quarts for every one hundred Of
iucern they eat. The same will be
found 10 be the case with fowls the
fowls that eat most will give the most
profit" as rule. though of course,
there, will be exceptions. but not many.
EXERCISE AND FOOD FOR LAYERS
Make your layers take exercise, not as
rauch as the breeders, but still enough
ID ward off disease. One-halfthe feed
ior my layers is ground. The natural
mil ola fowls gizzard is capable of
grinding all sorts of gram. but, though
II Is involuntary, it is all too great an
expense of muscular force. All the
ground feeds cooked. I should cock
all, only the part raw is preferred by
the fowls and they need it to keep them
busy. The cooked food is placed in
a trough, with Stats over the top, to
prevent fowls from scrathing it out and
dirtying it. The unground, raw grain
Is so placed that the hens must scratch
in order to get it. This Is accom-
plished by burying it slightly In the
ground in sumner, and in pile oil
chaff, or cut straw on the floor of the
poultry-house in the winter.
The fowls should also be supplied
with some vegetable and flesh food
every day, winter and summer. The
best way to get this is IN winter to feed
turnips and potatoes. and in summer
cabbage leaves, tops of vegetables
weeds, etc, ETC.. will furnish what you
want in this line. For flesh, butchers
waste Is my staple, but I often ge,
worthless fish, which are both cheap
and, for this purpose, good. Anything
that is animal food will do, and where
anyone can get skim-milk, he need
look no further.-A.M. Han .4uku
IN Rural Mew Yorker.