Milford chronicle., 1914-09-25

the first thirty-siX hours after Matching.
One Of the best foods that can be fed
the first few days is stale bread soak
ed in milk. This should be crumbled
fine and placed where the chickens
have free access to It and where they
cannot step ON it. One Of the difficult
problems for the pOultryman is to de-
wise some means for feeding little
chickens so that they can consume the
food without soiling 1t. If placed on
the floor Of the broOder or the broOder
run the larger part Of the food will
| be trampled upon and will soon be-
come unfit to eat. Small, narrow
trays or troughs are easily made and
answer the purpose Of keeping the
chicks from tramplng on their food.
Granulated oats with the hulls re-
moved make an excellent food for
young chickens. There is perhaps no
better grain for young chickens than
oats prepared in this manner 1t may
be fed to good advantage after the sec
ond or third day in connection with
the bread sopped in milk.
The chickens should have free access
to some kind Of grit after the first
day. Coarse sand makes an excellent
grit for young chickens. AS they get
a little older some coarser material
must be provided.
Milk is an excellent food for these
Young fowls. but it requires skill In
feeding. One of the great difficulties
in rearing fowls is to carry young
chickens through the first two weeks
without bowel disorders. Too low
temperature in the broOder, improper
food and injudicious feeding. even II
the right kinds Of food are given, each
PLAYS an important part in producing
these disorders. After the first ten
days milk may be given more freely
perhaps than during the earlier stages
Of the chicks existence.
A mixture of fine middlings' wheat
bran. cornmeal and a little hnseed
meal softened with milk makes Valu-
able food. Hard boiled eggs may be
fed from the beginning, but ike milk
reouire more skill than the feeding OF
broad sopped in milk. On farms Wnere
screenings from the various grains De-
come really by product these form q
cheap and efficient food for chickens'
Wheat screenings especially form one
of the best foods If they contain a CON
siderable portion of good kernels that
hove heen cracked in threshing. Then
foo tbe screenings contain a number OF
weed seeds that have some feeding
volue and are relished by the fowls
They not only provide sustenance' Dut
rive variety, and this in a measure lm-
proves the general health.
A good mixture of grains is equal
norts of whole wheat, cracked corn and
cnt or crushed oats. Some poulterers
prefer to feed wheat one day, corn the
next and oats the next. This IS all
ripbt either way. Grain once a day Is
sufficient if variety of other f0od Is
obtainable. A cheap and valuable food
is stale bread or rolls when bakeries
and restaurants sell at cent pound
l Hotel and restaurant table scraps may nay
also be obtained at a small COST All
kinds of vegetables, raw or cookedl
NAV be used. Meat scraps or grouno
hone may be fed sparingly with mash'
Give tbe grain in a clean litter early In
the morning. mash at noon and Vege-
tables softened bread or grain In the
evening. Make the mash with skim
milk If it is available. Sour milk ana
whey are good substitutes now ano
again for mature fowls.
where fowls are kept in confinement
n will be necessary to supply some
meat food. Finely cut fresh bone ron u
tbe meat markets is one of the pest, Il
NOT the best, kind Of meat ror laying
hons unfortunately it is not prae,
ticahle for many poultrymen to depend
wholly on this product, for the reason
tbot il is often inconvenient or impos,
sihle to obtain. and when once secureu
g. cannot be kept in warm weather
1v,+bout becoming tainted. Tainted
bonas should be rejected as unnt Ioi
food skimmilk may be substitutes
wholly or in part for meat FOOD WIN
ont n decrease in egg production pro
U,dod USs tbe proper grain ration is given