Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-12-19
Greene Bone and Egg.

aware that it assists in providing
elements that may be lacking. and
we also give the brief views of the
Progressive Farmer, of Raleigh, N.
O., which says:
Enthusiasts claim SO much for
fresh-cut bone that the earnest de-
sire of practical p~oultrymen to know
the truth of the matter has led to a
careful Investigation. The results
have been very satisfactory, and the
reason is so simple as to excite sur
prise that it was never thought of
before. No intelligent farmer would
expect to reap a rich harvest who
sowed the seed in poor and worn
out soil. It is a fact that is we'll
known that all plant life needs food,
and the highest development is at
tanned when it's own particular kind
of food is furnished. A hen has to
find the material to form an egg from
the food she gets. If that food is
rich in the egg constituents she lays
well, but if lacking in them she lays
poorly. A chemical analysis green
bone shows that it contains every
element found in the white, the yolk
and the shell of the egg. This &C
counts for the avidity with which
green bone is devoured by the hen.
Instinct implants in all animals a
taste and desire for foods that are
suitable for them. A hen will leave
a mess of any other food at any time
for a mess of green bone. In sum.
when allowed free range, bugs
and worms supply this craving for
animal food, and that is one reason
why hens lay better in summer than
in winter. During winter, or when
confined, bugs and worms cannot be
had, and the hen has to wait days
and sometimes even weeks to accu-
mulate from the insufficient food
supplied her insufficient not in
quantity but in egg-making ele
ments) enough material to make an
egg. But when given q daily allow
ance of green bone rich in every con-
stituent of the egg, the hen has no
longer to wait; each organ receives
it's necessary nourishment, the egg
is formed quickly and the hen has
got to lay. It is precisely the same
principle as feeding the soil with
fertilizer-it does not hurt the soil
hen to supply her natural cravings;
she is healthier, stronger and better
in every way for it. So instread of
trusting to. blind chance, or luck, we
invoke the aid of science and pro
duce a living egg machine, just as
science has made a living milk ma
chine of the COW.
We may add to the above that
green cut bone is cheaper than
grain, not only because it is better
food, and can also be purchased at
the same cost per pound, but also
because 1t is three times as valuable
for the purposes to which it is APP
plied-the production of eggs.
The Combs as an Indicator.
By watching the appearance of
the comb the heath of the fowls may
be easily noted; when the comb
looks white, pale or black. something
is wrong; great thirst is another
sign, and a nervous, restless dispo-
sition also gives warning, sometimes
a hen will go moping about with
dropping wings, but with no other
signs of sickness; whenever the
comb, however, does not show a
bright scarlet in color, and the fowl
is not lively, it should at once be ex-
.amined; there is no particular coler
for any disease that is indicated by
the comb, as the pale or black de
ponds upon the stage of the disease,
for very often the comb will be pale
and then turn black. but the poul-
trymen may depend upon his fowls
being in full health when the combs
indicate a bright scarlet, and espec-
tally during the laying season, as the
first sign the pullet gives of begin.
ming to lay is the color Of comb.
Creek Indian Ruried.