The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-07-29
Ground Meat.


The usual way of feeding ground meat Is
to mix it with ground grain of Some kind.
Tins is unnecessary. 1t should be fed as q
variety, and in way to afford change
There should lie certain meals, on special
DAYS, for giving it to the mems. For instance,
give it at night on every other day IN
trough. unmixed with other food, SO that
the hens will have nothing but the ground
meat for that meal. The next morning
give some other food, as corn, and the fol-
lowing meal may be of wheat or oats. The
ground meat may be given pleniifnlly If
fed in this manner. Simply allow the hens
10 have ali OF it that they viii eat, and they
viii relish il and find it beneficial. If fed
on meat every day it may cause bower
troubles, but given once every two days 1t
will not be in any manner injurious, and
viii prove of great assistance in inducing
the hens to lay during the cold weather.
Morning Ration.
A hot morning ration may be fed during
the Winter composed as follows: Bran, three
parts; shorts, three parts, and ground meal,
two parts. Clover hay steamed and mixed
in liberal quantity, a small quantity OF salt,
and about three handfuls OF coarse sand and
foreground oyster shells mixed The whole
and turmips may be substituted for the
clover hay. and as a variety in diet is bene-
| ficial, al noon feed oats. ard for the evening
feed use whole wheat. Vegetables, such as
cabbage, carrots and turnips, should be in
reach OF the fowls always.
Feeding Clover.
If Won have second crop of clover, cut
it while green and tender, dry it, care
fully preserving all the leaves and blossoms
possible, aud store it up for poultry food IN
Winter. To feed it properly it should be
cut fine aud fed dry; bnt the best way of
preparing 1t is 10 cut it in the afternoon /;
1T night scald il in a tub or bucket By pour
ing boiling water. over It throw a cover
(o,d carpet or apythiDg) over Tub, allow IT
to Stand ali night aud in the morning it
will be Still warm and possess savory
odor that will almost tempt you 10 eat II
yourself To every bncketfni Of cut hay
add one quart Of the following mixture
Ground corn, ground oas aud bran, 10
pounds; linseed meas, one pound; salt, one
onnce: mix web. Feed IN trough, and
give the hens all they will eat twice day.
Each hen Will walk away when she has
eaten All she wishes The bucket of drs
food fscaided at night as fnentioned) viii
feed about thirty hens aud perhaps more
and they viii relish il highly. A gill 'o
wheat may be scattered in the litter, 80 ar
10 induce the hens 10 earn fheir living.
isnics for Getting Eggs.
To make hens lay we must have, first
warm and dry houses for them to roost IN
second. alongside each pen there must lie 4
shed for them to occupy during bad weather
|, third. give corn only at the evening mea
during cold weather; fourth, bury all gran
5 among chaif leaves or other littyr or threw
t in scratching pens 10 induce exercise fifth
E fnaslies made from ground grain fed scaidet
Q or dry, TO which is added two or thrcs
Zines a week ground nleat scraps; sixth
there must be a liberal supply OF greei
!, food: seventh fresh water mist be givei
:, dali eighth, sharp grit aud cracke'
. OYSTER Shea must be constantly within
b. reach ninth, there must be perfect eleanli
e ness. Hens don't lay when Trey are lousy
They ant lay when they have not the prop
e er material with which to make the eggs
u They won't lay when cold. A lazy hen is
: misery TO herself. A hen that is continu
c ally scratching and keeping busy, does tic
: mind the cold, and is the one which lays tn
. most eggs. Hens in crowded quarters bree
!. sickness, and sick hens are unable to lay
!. Fowls must be in good condition to yield
e p.ofit.
Cabbace rs e Food
y Many farmers do not realize the neccsst
, OF the fowls having green food in White.
= the fowls, if running at large, help then
a selves in Summer and nothing is thought
r il. When the frosts hive killed the gras
y and all annual plants. and the snow covel
20 the ground, biddy can get nothing herse
s TO take the place OF the grass and 9th,
green food she ate so freely IN Summe
~ Hang a head OF cabbage in each pen IN
~ see how rapidly il viii be pecked in piec
:, and eaten. Ii hung about Is inches abo,
of the floor, compelling the birds to jump 4
ct IT, all The better the exercise is an add
v. tional advantage gained, and exercise 9uiel
e. ems the circulation, stimulates digestio
CT and promotes health. Green food is 10 fow
OF much what fruit is toa human being, fonir
W and correcting the internal organs. Gabba.
"a is particularly valuable, because it has
;, large proportion of nitrogen hence balanc
- The carbon of telegram ration. If you wal
a. fowls to lay in Winter, when eggs pay a b
IL profit, feed them a heterogeneous rather til:
Sc a carbonaceous ration and of the yegetabl
wv riche,t in nitrogen is cabbage.