East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-08
Poultry Pointers.

1t is said by those who have given
this matter thought, that five pounds
OF food, when intelligently fed, should
add one pound of flesh to a young
chicken. Without intelligence in feed
ing 1t may require much more.
Good business Judgment is required
for successful poultry raising. A
careful consideration OF the business
will be needed to find profits in the
fowls.
A variety diet is best for making
hens lay. The fowls may thrive well
for a short while upon one or two diff
ferent kinds of foods, but permanent
results will require a variety. Even
a balanced ration will need to be
changed to keep the appetite normal.
About twenty-seven pounds Of dry
food will be required to every 500
pounds live weight Of the fowls. One
hundred hens weighing five pounds
each would require about twenty
seven pounds of dry matter every day.
about four ounces day of dry mat
ter is recommended for each hen.
1t is very difficult to feed chickens
intelligently unless you have an idea
of the composition of the feeds. Most
feeds have been analyzed and the anal
ysis can be had from bulletins of the
experiment stations. Study these ta-
bles and get an idea of the relative
value of feeds. =. -.
Give your chickens fresh water two
or three times day. as hot, dirty
water causes more disease than any
thing else.
Young people who are looking for
some way to make expense money
should investigate poultry raising.
There are many opportunities to
make money with fowls, even II they
are kept as a side line with some 9TH
er business.
Mongrel chickens are hearty eat
ers, but they do not usually transform
expensive foods into profits. What
every home needs is fowls that trans
form large quantities of food into
profitable products. Not all thor
oughbred fowls do this but there are
more among the thoroughbreds than
among scrubs.
Don't feed your poultry decayed
fruit. 1t is often fed to poultry and
results in diarrhoea, which when once
started in a flock OF chickens general
ly plays havoc.
onions chopped fine either by hand
or by a cutter, and mixed with the
chicken food, is one Of the greatest
health promoters that can be used
and it really ought to be fed to fowls
through the hot season twice a week
Chickens are extremely fond OF II.
Does the old hen lay? Try this II
she does not: Feed her all the chop
ped clover she will eat, with an ounce
of lean meat every day II there
any lay in her that will bring 1t out
Fort Worth Citizen-Star.
Geese to the Front.
There is growing demand foi
geese in the United States and as
result geese raising is becoming more
profitable, and therefore more attrac
tive. says a prominent stock paper. /
is a fact that as the country has set
tied up in the territory where rev
years ago there was more open rang
fewer turkeys are now being raised
The price Of turkeys in recent years
has made that fowl great luxury anC
the next thing and the best substitute
that can be had is big, fat goose, TO
a Thanksgiving dinner, for:
There's no bird that flees so yer.
nice
As goose with sage an onions.
There is no reason why every far
mer who has plenty of good gras
range should not keep geese and IN
crease his income at very little cost
as they can be kept on grass and wa
ter from spring until late in the fall
Nearly every farmer has some mea
dow pasture near his buildings whicl
could be used to a good advantage D.
devoting 1t to goose raising. The onl
time geese require grain is in winte
and then very little is required to keel
them in good breeding condition. Fee
few oats. cut clover and hay or en-
silage Give them oyster shells an