The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-04-18

illuSt DE given some 1OCu, especially
OF the kinds that they are not able to
find for themselves. The mos, plen.i
full food on the average farm and the
one that the birds are most likely to
get Is corn Corn is heating food
and is not suited for laying hens or
growing chickens if fed alone Some
oats can be used for the older fowls.
but this feed is not suited for yOun.
chickens unless ground Oats are ;n
especially good food for laying hens
One of the best grain feeds is wheat.
1t is usually too expensive to be fed
very extensively, but it may often IL.
used for part Of the ration, Wheat
either whole or cracked. makes q
splendid feed for young chicks. y
mixture Of wheat and oats grown TO-
gether makes an excellent feed for
all kinds Of stock as well as poultry
Milling bynroducts, such as shorts.
bran and oilmeal. can be mixed in
small quantities with the other feeds
and fed to advantage
Succulent Food Necessary.
One of the greatest needs of poultr.
in winter is some kind of succnleni
feed. This can be provided by storing
away a quantity Of cabbage, turnips,
mangels and puslpkins. These can be
chopped up during the winter and fed
with other feeds or given alone The
fowls will relish them very much and
make liberal response at the egg bas-
ket. If there is a Silo on the place
some silage may be fed to the fowls to
advantage. 1t is cheap and apretizing
Glover and alfalfa hay chopped zine IN
feed cutter make good roughage If
soaked in hot water before feeding the
hens will eat large amounts, Either
bran or cut alfalfa may be mixed in
the mash feeds in the proportion Of
one-Guarter to three-quarters Of the
grain.
Value Of Animal Food.
When allowed free range fowls OBJ
tain large amounts Of animal food in
the form Of insects. Some feed Of this
kind is essential II the best results
are to be secured Beef scrap is IL
packing house byproduct that can b"
purchased at a reasonable price 1t i,
a very valuable feed for growing
chickens and laying hens The most
common animal food on the farm il
skimmilk. This is valuable feed for
all classes of fowls. At the Virginia
experiment station it was found tha.
skimmilk is worth a dollar hundred
| as food for laying hens ButtarmiIk
| laying hens and can get plenty of
fresh bones from the butcher 1t will
pay to get bone cutter and make lib
| eral use Of cut bone as Il focd 1t Is
high in protein and also contains q
large amount of the mineral foods ST.
badly needed by the laying hens
Mineral foods form an important
part OF the ration. OF the dry matter
of the egg 35.G per cent is composed
Of mineral matter. Crushed oyster or
clam shells. plaster and slakcd lime
are the best sources Of minerals
Fowls also need grit to assist III
grinding their food. pile of shar.
sand in the poultry yard is one of tn
best means Of supplyin. this Charcoa
Is good preventive Of Intestinal trou
bles A box of it should be kepf
where they can get at it at all times
A little salt mixed with this charcoaI
Is beneficial
Feeding Young Chicks.
There are three especially important
feeding problems that confront tn;
poultry raiser-feeding young chicks
feeding for egg production and fatten
ing The greatest source of loss II
poultry raising is improper feeding 0,
IyOung chickens The newly hatchet
fhieks should not receive any feed a
lall until they are forty eight hours ole