The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-19
winter Feecinp,

winter FeeoiDg,
During the coming winter the grain
that will be used for poultry will
amount to thousands of bushels, yet
grain is not as essential to success as
some other foods, says Colman's Rural
World Cut bone has given excellent
success in experiments, and 1t has been
demonstrated that when it is used in
connection with corn and grass it
makes the ration a very suitable one.
Exclusively grain is detriment to lay
ing because it warns the body, pro-
vides a portion of the essential ele-
ments necessary to egg production, but
is lacking in the substances that form
the albumen, shell, etc When the hen
is deprived Of suflciency Of all the
elements necessary to produce eggs,
she will lay only as many eggs as she
can supply the albumen for. With plen-
ty of corn she is then provided with
all the elements for the yolk and to
warm her body, such elements being
known as "carbonaceous." Now if the
carbonaceous elements are proportion
ately balanced by the heterogeneous"
materials (cut bone, clover, etc. the
hen may lay nearly every day, and
she will not become fat because the
production of the eggs takes from, her
all over, and that which she may need
for the support Of her body, but if she
is fed literally with corn, and is not
given enough of the other foods, she
will not lay so frequently, hence the
loss of carbon in the form of eggs will
l.. \
aceous matter is then stored up within
the body as fat. She may be apparent
ly not too fat, and may lay fairly up
to the average, but If the carbonaceous
material is not balanced vita the
proper proportion of heterogeneous ma
terial she will soon become too fat, and
this may happen gradually, as she may
lay sufficient number of eggs to pre-
vent becoming very fat until she has
done fairly we'll, but sooner or later
she will cease to lay, succumbing to a
natural law of supply and demand
not being able to produce something
from nothing-the corn being useful in
protecting her from cold, and serving
as valuable assistant in the produc-
ton of eggs, but being deficient in lime
and nitrogen, the farmer sustaining a
loss because he does not fortify his
corn with heterogeneous foods A flock of
poultry on any farm can be made the
source of a neat income; but, even
should the farmer only raise enough
for his own family, selling never an
egg nor feather they will pay better
than anything else requiring same out
lay of time and money.
Hogs for Slaughtering.-Hog to be
slaughtered should not be fed twenty
hours before slaughtering. They will
not bleed freely. Nor should they be-
come heated by chasing or any other
cause. 1t likewise has a tendency to
check the flow of blood. Nor should a
hog be scalded until fully expired,
After the hog is hung up and the in
testines, lungs, heart and all are re-
moved and washed out, split the hog
right through the center. leaving a
small attachment near the tail and at
the end OF the snout, so as not to over
balance it; and as soon as the leaf lard
is cold enough to be principally remov-
ed, take it out. This will insure the
perfect cooling of the meat. This last
precaution we learned from our large
numbering concerns and packers in the
early days, when selling dressed hogs.
We have found it safe practice. The
heavier the hog the more essential its
quick and perfect cooling. Never al
low meat to freeze solid, or pack it in
frozen condition, for it is sure to spoil,
Keep an account of the profits and
losses in your poultry yard, by keeping
an account of the number Of eggs laid.
poultry sold and loss by disease.