The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-28
THE POULTERER.
A LARGE POsaItrY Farm.

DR.. .. D. Johnson, Hammonton, NJ,
is raising poultry ON rather large scale,
with success. In a recent communica-
ton to the IoWG Farmer and Breeder,
he says: l have just started poultry
andegg farm on little larger scale
than is practiced to any great extent in
the East. ann winte1ing just 1,009
laying hens, besides about twenty varie-
ties of fancy poultry. AS do not wish
any free advertising will name what
[ breed, my object being to tell yoer
readers how feed. I'm the first place it
would be we'll for me to mention that I
'am depending entirely on my egg farm
for my support and am not in the bmsi-
mess for mere pleasure, SO it will be seen
shat l am working the hen business for
what it is worth, and my experience may
probably be of value to some one.
For LOCO laying hens, give for a
morning meal a cooked mash consisting
of bran, two parts, and meal, ONE part,
bone meal, cracked oyster shell Or
broken crockery, and powdered char
coal. [ first boil the water i'm a sixty
gallon kettle stove, then mix inthe mix
ture and let it cook we'll and have it so
it will Crumble when done. lam par
ticular about mot getting it 'soggy or too
wet all stock is fed by a. m. At noon
[ scatter boiled oats among dried leave
and let them scratch. At night [ feed
boiled corn. You will noticethat nearly
will probably say, why all this trouble or
nonsense? Let me give my reasons for
this extra work and probably some one
will agree with me. In the first place a
cooked morning mash is appreciated by
the fowl, especially on cold mornings,
and again believe it increases egg pro-
ductiom; secondly, scalded oats won't
stick IN the crop of q hen, tthey are more
bulky when cooked and are q cheap
food. Boiled corn is more bulky and
" is not fattening" like hard grain. I
am sGnoere adv ocate of bulky, not fat
tenirg food, for laying hens. Most
people feed too much instead of not
enough. am not stingy, but [ believe
in keeping my hens after(the fashion of
a good ttrotter, neither fat nor lean, vet
healthy. [ forgot It o :addtthat after cook
ing my feedI cool it down in long
trough and never feed it hot; instead of
the meal Z alternate with shorts in the
morning mash, but what I consider a
very in1p ortaut o dmixture to my mash is
o powder of my soWn manufacture. 1t is
important ito me forthis reason, viz: 1t
stimulates the action of the ovaries.
liver, and digestive organs, or in other
words is an egg producer, a health re-
storer and ia preventive of disease.
Every bit 'of food L give my fowls is
seas oned with salt, not quite SO much as
we woUl duse for our, own use.
Boiledpumpkin and boiled cabbage is
fed twice weekly. aud water for cooking
same is used next morning for cooking
mashes- Rowen hay OF second crop
clover HAY is cut in one half inch
lengths and scalded and fed at noon
day. Wheat, buckwheat, and rye, some
times enter into my bill of fare. Now [
have given you my system 'of feeding
for egg production, any if any reader
can tell me cheaper OF better method
would be very glad to hear it. Besides
all this Trouble, we have every accom-
mediation for our boilers, proper build
ings and everything to insure success
and last if not least, continual warm
water for fowls.