The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-30
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
Eow Successful Farmers Operate This
Departments Of the Farm - Few
Hints as TO the Care Of Live stock
and PoultrY


Due to bad Diet.
From the Farmers Review: I had
chicken die on me last week. 1t seemed
to be in good health right along.
found it dead lying on its back and
blood had been flowing from its rec
tum. so | decided 70 open it. and found
a lump shape and size Of an egg in IT,
which | thought to be a tumor as it
was covered with dark blood I cut it
open; it was like large fish cut open.
l don't know If fat or what ! don't
know the breed c. lla hen; she laid
well and never got hatchy all last SUM
mer. She laid none this year, nor
was there any sign OF an egg in her.
Please tell me the Cause OF 1t. / see IN
your paper of others that have such
good luck in getting eggs. must state
that have twenty-four chickens, near
ly all Plymouth Rocks Have four
ROSTERS sometimes, but generally one;
as must pen the other three up, as
the other, a large one, whips them; so
/ don't think that could be cause OF
them not laying more. Feb. 20 / re-
ceiyed the first egg Of this year; they
have not averaged two eggs per day.
We give them soft feed twice a week
with condition powder and an egg pro-
ducer, salt and pepper; the rest Of the
time mostly corn, sometimes oats ana
wheat Actually / had chickens Tor
two years but wasn't able to get
enough eggs from them TO pay for
their feed. / have them In an old
street car. The north side have
canvas covering the glass to keep the
north wind out When weather is fine
they have plenty Of prairie.-John
Bruins.
From a written description It Is inn
possible to say whether the lump was
a tumor or not, and the fact could be
determined only by an actual inyesu-
cation. AS to the cause Of poor re-
suits In getting eggs there is no doubt,
It IS the excessive feeding Of corn,
which is the poorest possible food for
egg production. except when combined
with other things. Then 1t should
form only a minor part Of the ration.
Let the condition powders and So
called egg-producers" alone, as they
are Of no value. A healthy fowl needs
neither egg producers nor condition
powders. These nostFums are sold for
the purpose OF getting money for the
manufacturers and not -heoa'l9e-. 49,
a-- -. rhe corn feed has
made it impossible for the flock to pro-
duoe many eggs, and even though the
feed be changed al once, little need pc
hoped for this year from the change
The corn has produced too much Tat
and this condition viii be retained for
some time to come. The best food for
laying or growing hens is oats, for II
is composed Of about six parts OF rat
forming elements to one Of hesh-form-
ing elements. about the proportions
that are needed by the animal economy
/ Corn is composed of an excessively
large proportion OF fat-forming ele-
ments and q very small portion Of
hesh-forming element and the result i
that when It is made the main reliance
OF the flock little results are seen ex.
cept a very great increase Of the worth
less fat Of the hens. The fact that nc
eggs were received previous to Feb
ruary 20 shows that the hens had beer
ruined for egg production by the ra
ton they had received. Fat must al
ways be avoided in laying hens, as i
always has a tendency to check egl
production. Oats, wheat screening
and the like should be at once sub
stituted. and the mash should be fel
once a day. This may be made from
chopped feed, and the hens viii il
this way get all the corn that will b
profitable TO them. But do not feed to
heavily Of even wheat screenings, a
they err somewhat in the direction q
corn. As the hens are too fat the fee
should be Of a kind tending to cur
that condition. Oats may be left wit
them all the time, as, II they hay
other kinds Of food they viii not owe
eat with oats.