The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-23
Management of
Poultry
BY PROF. CARL CHRISTOPHER
University of Arkansas Experiment
Station.

| general nedltn OF the bird but also
the economy which brings success. 1t
requires hard sense, for there are no
hard and fast rules to be followed in
every case. The price of feeds and
the general environments is to be
considered in determining the rations
to be used
For largest profits eggs should be
produced in the winter. TO get extra
egg production in the winter the
fowls should be young and OF a good
laying breed but the feeder should
have full knowledge of the proper
feeds to use
For a laying hen has two purposes
to repair waste and to furnish heat
to the body and to supply the egg
making materials. The three consti-
tuents in the feed required are pro-
TEN, carbonaccous, and mineral ma
terial. Corn, wheat, oats and barley
contain these constituents, but not in
the right proportion to give the great
est egg yield. In addition some animal
and green feed should be supplied.
The feeder should aim to make the
conditions in the winter as near like
| those in the spring as possible.
There are two systems of feeding,
in the one case, all the feed is given
dry, in the other, one or more of the
feed consists of d moistened mash.
The first system requires less labor
and entails less danger OF bowel
| trouble resulting from sloppy and sour
mashes than the latter. 1t is best
! perhaps to combine both systems and
| feed d grain ration dry and supple
ment it with moistened mash. The
! following is considered very good
grain mixture for laying hens: 200
pound cracked corn, $50 pound wheat,
.130 pound oats: this mixture should
! be scattered in hitler early in morn
/ ing to induce exercise and may be sup
! plemented with mash. either wet or
! dry, which may be contained in a hop
| per of self-feeder and the hens al
| lowed to feed from it for few hours
about noon. 4 very good mash which
may be fed either wet or dry, consists
of 100 pounds of bran, 70 pounds OF
shorts, % pounds of oil meal, 100
pounds of corn meal, 100 pounds of
meat meal. Just before time for the
chickens to go to roost they should
have their grain feed again, enough
SO that they will go to roost with their
crops full. 1t does not matter if they
leave little at night, as they will
clean it up next morning. Corn is a
popular feed because it is cheap COM
pared with other feeds and is relished
| by the chickens. 1t is however heat
ing and fattening and when fed to
folws which are closely confined pro-
duces fat instead of eggs and must be
! balanced with feeds rich in proteins.
| 1t can be fed when fowls have large
range and can get an abundance of in
sects and green feed Wheat is gen
| orally considered the safest grain to
! feed alone. 1t is not so fattening as
/ corn yet is too fattening when fed
| alone. Oats are sometimes fed for a
variety but are not well liked unless
| hulled, the bulls are tough and indi-
I
/ been found excellent for egg produe-
! ton and are relished by the chickens.
! Barley is not so we'll relished by hens,
but may be used for variety. It has
a little more protein than corn, but
/ less than oats Buckwheat is liked
/ by the fowls but not widely fed. Buck
wheat middlings arc rich in protein
and may be fed with cornmcal. Rye
/ is not largely fed but does not seem
to be much relshed by poultry and is
said by some to cause bowel trouble
when fed freely.
Animal Feeds.-On free range the
chickens eat insects, worms and other
low forms OF life and in winter sub
stitute such as green cut bone meat
scraps and animal feed should be
! given; Cut bone consists of green or
fresh bone sliced or shaved into thin
pieces by a bone cutter. This is a
very good feed but does not keep well.
| One pound a day is a sufficient guam
! tity for 20 hens and about IL to 3-4
! pound animal meat is sufficient for II
! to > hens.
Green Feeds-PTenty of green feed
! must be furnished for best results.
/ Chickens naturally get plenty in SUM
mer, but in winter it must be supplied
/ to them in such feeds as cabbage,
turnips, beets and potatoes, cts. Pc,
| tatoes and turnips should be cooked
/ before feeding. Mangels can be fed
raw. cut clover soaked in boiling
water fed alone or with mash is
good. Ground alfalfa is very good.
Water-Plenty of fresh water should
| always be accessible and never sup
Use a scrub sire and your herd will
! - nd hr.iGt