The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-05-16
Poultry.
How and What to Feed.

II is almost an every day occurance
that we are asked the questions, "How
and what we feed our poultry ?"
And 1 do not wonder at ii when 1
come to think about 1t, that feeding"
is one of the many important things
connected with poultry raising. In
deed we might say 1t is the corner
stone to successful poultry culture
how and what to feed. For old fowls
the morning feed consists of two parts
wheat bran and one part corn meal
with the scraps that are left from the
table added. Some times we add a
little soda, salt, rice, and in cold wealth
er,we use, about twice week, cayenne
pepper; also finely chopped onions
every day, and by the way, let me
just say here that there is nothing
that is more stimulating for fowls
than onions. elbow to feed," that is
the all important point. You can
take everything that it takes to make
a complete ration and unless you
know something about feeding, nine
times out of ten you will make COM
plete failure. You will either feed
too much or too little. However it is
always better to under feed than over
feed. Never give the fowls all they
want in the morning. Always aim
to feed what they will eat up clean
and be little hungry; then take
few handfuls of wheat and scatter in
some litter which should always be
provided for the purpose, 30 as to
compel them to work for the balance
of their morning ration. Give moth
ing more until just about shutdown or
just before they go to roost, then give
them good feed of either corn or
wheat or both. would advise corn
in the winter season, as corn digests
slowly, it keeps the fowls crops full
pretty nearly all night and as corn is
more heating than wheat 1t keeps
them more comfortable. Then in the
morning when they first get off the
roost give them fresh drink of water
just drawn from the well or cistern.
A great many people advise the use
of warm water, but do not think il
any better for fowls than for people,
and am sure / would not wants to
drink warm water. l think water
just fresh from the well or cistern is
better than ice water or warm water.
Fowls kept in this way and other
things accordingly can not help but
do well.
How to feed young chicks. Young
chicks should be fed for the first time
not sooner than twenty hours
after leaving the shell, and on corn
bread, such as we usually call "egg
bread; )" have it well done and crum-
BILE fine; this should be given every
two hours for the first week, every
three hours for the second week; as
they get older four times day will
do, but they should be used from the
time they first begin to eat. As soon
as old enough give little pin-head
oatmeal, also finely cracked corn and
wheat with good grassy run and
clean quarters at night, and they will
thrive and grow rapidly. However
do not neglect, plenty of clean, fresh
drinking water. Keep a look out for
lice they are the chicks worst enemy.
A few drops of lard on the head and
neck with little oil of pennyroyal
added will soon do the work for the
large gray lice. A house can be rid
of mites by taking an old iron kettle
and building in it fire, then close up
the hen house tight, being careful at
the same time that there are no fowls
in the house, then throw on the fire a
handful of -four sulphur and get out
quick. This will kill all insect life.
But you bear in mind that no one per-
son knows it all, and new discoveries
are being made every day, and that
experience is better than all the
teaching in this world.-W. S. Wright
in Farmers Home Journal.
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