The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26

rolled oats and bran for day or two We
begin to add little commercial chick
feed to the above mixture. and gradually
Increase this until the rolled oats and
bran are eliminated from the first or
grain feed. The rolled oats and bran are
fed morning, noon ard night, and "A good
grade OF commercial chick feed is thrown
into the litter between meals. This COM
pels the little fellows to exercise, and they
soon begin TO scratch as vigorously as
II they had been at II for many weeks.
You can almost see them grow and de-
velop and become active and husky. At
the age OF four or i've days begin to feed
"a dry mash made as follows: Two parts
wheat bran. one part cornmeai. one par,
shorts, one-half part rolled oats or oat-
meal. To every 100 pounds of the above
mixture We add a handful o! fine charcoal.
handful OF bone meal and half pound
Of fine table salt. mixing IL In thoroughly.
When the chicks are about six weeks
old their ration OF chick feed and rolled
oats can be gradually changed to cracked
corn. wheat and kaffir corn. Continue the
dry mash. Keep the chicks dry. Ge, the
chicks Into colony houses and on free
range and fresh ground az soon as pos.
siole Feed them from hoppers. They
will grow faster and do better as a rule
The average amateur doesn't know as
much about feeding as the chicks them
selves. Let the grain food for the growing
stock Iva composed principally OF equal
parts OF cracked corn and wheat fed In
hoppers. Feed the dry mash t. the same
way Give a inoistened mash to the grow
Ing stock once each day. ,~ have had
number OF cockerels fed in this way
that developed so rapidly that they were
Growing vigorously when seven weeks old.
The hens in the contest laid 1850
eggs In March. or an average Of nearly
ka,,
total OF 1889 eggs for the pas; four
months. or an average OF Az eggs per
hen for that time for all hens. good. bad
and Indifferent. The pen of = c. White
Leghorns from England again broke the
record for March or any single months
record for tho past three contests They
laid PSI eggs in March. or N average OF
nearly "a egRs per hen in thirty-ons days
which WAS the highest record ever made
by single pen In single month A'he
fewest eggs laid by any hen In the pen in
March WAS "a. They have nearly
reached the 900 egg mark In four months.
The best individual records made thus
far have been irade by White Wyandottc
pullet from Pennsylvania and Black
Rhineiander pullet imported from Ger
many. each having laid % eggs In four
months.
The best pen records made thus far By
repre- Sentatives from the different coun-
tries are as foliows:
8 C. White Leshorns made best English
= c, Reds made bss. United states
9 c keds made hes, Missouri record Il!
8 c. Willie Leshorns made best New
3. c White Leshorn mad. be.. Ans.
'ral;an record ..,...,.. .............. ~
:. c. White I.eghorns made bee, van.
couver Island record. .....,.....,... SEQ
Whit. wysndo,,es made hes, Ontario
s. {. White Leghorns made bes, British
Columbia record. ..,......... 30.
T. G white LeGhorns made best South
Africsn record. ...,.... .............. 3?S
laid an egg. One hen went totally blind
in few weeks after sne arrived here.
We discoverad that her eyesiHht was gone
and II seemed that she would almost
starve before We could teach her to eat
and drink OF her own accord We fed and
watered her for time. But to-day she
Is laying and IL in perfect health. ard has
now learned the way about her pen so that
she gets along about AS well as normal
hen. She never goes on the roost, but she
knows where TO find her nest, feed and
water. She is kept In pen to herself
In moving about she always turns TO the
right She IL In apparently good health,
and We believe she will continue to lay
She Is from pen and her name Is Helen
Keller. IA she is now acquainted with
her pen We believe we can keep her with
as little trouble "a any other hen. The
highest averages have been made by the
following varieties:
Ler Hen.