The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04

advantageous to have at least two yarcs
 for each flock. In this way green food
 Is supplied constantly with the least pos
 sible labor. For quick growth, SOW oats
 or millet. although almost any small grain
 will answer the purpose. It Is well to SOW
 winter rye or wheat late In the summer
 in one of the yards. so that supply of
 green food may be had early in the
 spring.
 Exercise Essential to Health The method of feeding should be
 such that the fowls are compelled to take a normal amount of exercise EX-
 eroise Is essential to the health of the
 hen, but if the hen has plenty to eat
 she has little inducement to exercise. Unless she is in the best of health she will not lay hence the need of exer- else. Feeding small grains in litter Is tho most general practice. To feed sparingly at morning and noon and give q n full meel at night is a good rule. Exercise of the most vigorous
 kind may be induced by burying grains in the earth This Is generally done after tho fowls are on the roosts. If given grains in no other way, the
 fowls will be eager to dig them up. The amount of exercise that the fowls will be compelled to take depends upon
 the depth at which the grain is buried. Every poultryl<eeper has his method CT IeeulnE ana nlS 1nu1Nluuai DTtlti- ence as to grains. Corn, wheat. oats nre most commonly fed but to these
 barley may be added. Whole corn is almost too heavy and too hearty for the
 fowl on range and certainly should not be fed to those closely confined. Wheat at present prices Is almost pro- hibtve and barley may be used in- stead.
 | Dry mash can be fed economically only in hoppers. Table scraps should, | and in many cases will, comprise a | considerable portion of the diet. If | these are very rich-that is, contain much starchy matter-the dry mash should be light or bulky. Table scraps | usually consist of pastry, vegetables and meats and the amount of each should be roughly considered. at least
 In making up the dry mash.
 It usually pays to chop the table
 waste to semi fine state; add to this
 a little bran, corn meal, ground oats, or a little of the already mixed dry
 mash. After mixing all thoroughly,
 whole dry, add little boiling water.
 mix to moist but crumhly state, and feed warm. but not hot. If they are fed llbera1ly with such mash. the fowls will not exercise. Therefore, when table waste forms, large part of the daily ration. 1t should be fed at night rather than in the morning. The fowls will then come from the roosts with empty crops. ready to rustic the ! litter or scratch in the earth to secure
 their grain rations.
 Green and Animal Foods When any intensive system of poul- try culture Is practiced two ingredi- cnts arc lacking in the ratlons of the laying hen. These are green and ami
 nal foods. The table waste may sup ply substitutes for the green food and insects that fowls gather on range, but probably they will not in full
 measure. Besides the green foods al
 ready mentioned. ground alfalfa or clover may be added to the mash or fresh vegetables may be used.
 However, the greatest deficiency Is
 most likely to occur in the supply of
 animal food A substitute for this deficiency Is found in beef scraps when we'll rendered and who1esome. cut