The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-12

rectly on the mash. As the feed Ia eaten
this frame drops down. permitting the
birds 10 help themselves but preventing
them from wasting the material by
scratching 1t out.
A simple mash mixture that has
made as follows. The parts are given
by measure
Bran. TWO parts.
Ground oats. ono part
C1rnmeal one part
Niddln2s, ono part
Fish or meat scrap, one part.
For summer scratch feed one full feed
4 day. | have got fine results from the
follow mixture:
Best Carada oats, two parts sound
cracked corn, one part, and good wheat,
two parts
This IL fed an hour before sunset. all
the hens viii eat In fifteen minutes. In
good weather ". throw IL out In tho end
Of the yards away from the houses In
winter the amount OF corn can be increased
10 good advantage. as the hens need
more h.atiuc food To offset the low tenn
rcrature.
The farm provides abundant supplies of
green food Best of all. will be free ac-
cess to standing clover. alfalfa or grass.
II the stock IL confined In bare yards. It
will bc necessary 10 supply something
can be picked up on free range. At Ger
tain seasons I make use of grass, cut In
half inch lengths also, liberal feeding Of
the big roots, such mangles, or soft
and poor headed cabbage, in the autumn
Dry cut clover or alfalfa will partly take
the place Of green food but il never
quite equal 90 the fresh cut product direct
from the field. In tho absence of either
dry or cut clover. and often when | am
feeding either, use dried sugar beet
pulp. This Is "A waste product from the
beet sugar factories, and Is appreciated
nearly as much by poultry as by the
COWS.
At the beginning of the breeding season
! like to add tine dry beet pulp to the dry
mash for all my breeding stock. The
usual plan to feed beet pulp Is to soak il
In water and then feed to the hens. I
put mine into the dry mash and supply
more water TO drink, as 1t swsls several
times II, size. In the dry state II never
sours, something that cannot bc said OF
II when wet and kept long.
The average member OF tho farm flock
should lay twelve dozen eggs each year.
! know that this has been done by put
lets on more than ono farm, though far
higher than the figures so often given by
government reports. To get this record
there has TO bo careful breeding and Sc
lection, having pullets to do the utility
! laying, as well as yesrling hens to pro
duce tho eggs for Matching. Careful selec-
! ton Of eggs for incubation will improve
| the color Of the eggshell improve the size
| aud shape Of the egg and give a product
/ that will command the top price OF your
/ market.
The profitable farm flock cannot b.
picked up offhand from neighbors, cannot
| be maintained without thought and labor
will not lay twelve dozen eggs year 81
an average, without intelligent work OF
I the part of the owner. II ] had TO elm
mate the poultry department OF my farIr
and look TO other things to make my fsrn
nav, I should seriously consider COINS
back to the practice Of medicine. witt
the poultry doing SO we'll with the added
profits Of the fruit and vegetables hav'
never been sorry that | put on the mar
ness" SIX years ago and bought my pres
ent farm In the hill country OF Massa
chusetts It Is long hours, busy days. bu
now ] plan my work and reap the re
ward Give me the real life on the farm
with its health and independence. ! hav
tried tho other,
(copvrroht, l9l4. by Mdtos-Mens Adp 90