The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1914-06-24

require food for
O. first thirty-six hours after Matching.
one Of the best foods that can be fed
tie first few days is stale bread soak
al IN milk. This should be crumbled
l4e and placed where the chickens
have free access to it and where they
cannot step on ii. One of the difficult
Ifoblems 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 tramping on their food.
GRADUATED oats with the bulls 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
10 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
4 feeding. One of the great difficulties
4 in rearing fowls is to carry young
chickens through the first two weeks
4 without bowel disorders. Too low
temperature in the brooder, improper
food and injudiciOus feeding, even If
the right kinds Of food are given, each
plays an important part in produ(eg
these disorders. After the first Yen
days milk may be given more freely
Xperhaps than during the earlier stages
Qf the chicks existence.
a mixture OF fine middlings, wheat
BAN. cornmeal and a little linseed
pal SOftened with milk makes a valu-
Pc food. Hard boiled eggs may be
from the beginning, but, like milk,
luire more skill than the feeding Of
BAD sopped in milk. On farms where
Feenings from the various grains be-
be really by product these form a
eap and efficient food for chickens.
beat screenings especially form one
the best foods If they contain a con-
erable portion of good kernels that
Re been cracked in threshing. Then,
the screenings contain q number of
I'D seeds that have some feeding
ne and are relished by the fowls.
BY not only provide sustenance, but
variety, and this in a measure i'm
yes the general health.
good mixture of grains is equal
Is Of whole wheat. cracked corn and
or crushed oats. Some poulterers
FER TO feed wheat one day, corn the
z and oats the next. This is all
p either way Grain once a day is
hcient If a variety of. other food is
ENABLE. A cheap and valuable food
ktale bread or rolls which bakeries
restaurants sell at j cent a pound.
pei and restaurant table scraps may
be obtained at a small cost. All
ds OF vegetables, raw or cooked
be used. Neat scraps or ground
e may be fed sparingly with mash.
Re the grain in a clean litter early In
morning, mash at noon and vege-
les, softened bread or grain in the
ening. Make the mash with skim
X if il is available. Sour milk and
ley are good substitutes now and
kln for mature fowls.
here fowls are kept in confinement
Will be necessary to supply some
pat food. Finely cut fresh bone from
meat markets is one of the best, If
the best, kind of meat for laying
ns. Unfortunately it is not prac-
hble for many poultrymen to depend
Dolly on this product, for the reason
pc it is often inconvenient or impos
pie to obtain, and when once secured
cannot be kept in warm weather
thout becoming tainted Tainted
Dnes should be rejected as unfit fol
>od. Skimmilk may be substituted
holly or in part for meat food with
nt decrease In egg production, pro
ded the proper grain ration is given