Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22

box the pen TOR the DlfQS TO PICK DIT
as source of lime
The third cause of Soft-shelled eggs
is the forcing for too FREQUENT egg pro-
duction. A second yolk breaks off
| from the ovary and drops into the
funnel of the oviduct, and the irst one
is forced too rapidly on its way for 1t
to be completely formed when laid.
The fourth cause of soft-shelled eggs
comes from scouring-that is, feeding
n too-loosening ration to your birds.
| Bee1s or mansles will sometimes pro-
duce this result. The Groupings nor
| mally should be<a dark slate or dull
black color, firm enough to maintain a
spiral shape, as seen on the dropping
| boards.
These several explanations suggest
| their own remedies. In other words.
alter faulty conditions of environment
and feeding and the trouble will soon
right itself.
In farmers bulletin No. 624, issued
by the Department of Agriculture, is
given the following advice for grain
and mash rations for feeding chicks:
| Crair,-Two PARTS Of cracked corn
land one part of wheat, or equal parts
of cracked corn, wheat and oats. Feed
| III hopper.
MasFl-Two parts of bran, two of mid
dlings, one Of corn meal, one OF low
siauc 'ou' az" ~ ~ t,a 49, Ie fad MOI ct
keep a hopper of dry bran before the
chicks all the time. IT is recommend
co 'iiat t''c nc 9e' -, ~. -
the hlhsh hilo ~" Sep '-tuts i.,,, . ban
per. ft"u'i'l ooi'e ~
the chicks are OH S"oo i"'Se'
|
The poultry ihhusIy OF AuStr3lia hats
been aHected ~ ehe war quite as i"uc.'
as England. Many OF me Austt.'!.ii.
| soldiers serving the mother country
were drawn from the asricuiturai
ranks, hence Az rural industry IN AUS
| tralia has suffered one OF the re-
suits Of these conditions IS lively ex-
| port IN eggs from tallIofhla 10 'he
| Experiments conducted at Washing
| ton agricultural experiment station.
| Pullman, Wash, show the rand
growth of chicks Leghorn chicks that
on the average Of sc or at FIVE weeks
| of age or an increase OF four times
their original weight Rhode Island
! Red chicits did even better, growing
| to an average weight Of 50 OF. in FIVE
weeks, almost six times their weight
when Matched.
|
| TO excess is invariably iUin,ical to the
greatest egg production. Other, things
| being equal, wheat as a single grain
| is better. but best of all is variety,
with wheat as :, base
rooetin, nan ready for the oven To
| stuff then, win feed and ncgIect feed
inc t,,e fo11ovjnr day is to invite dis
| case and vicious habits
How r,apv of those y little new to
tho n,,,ltrv t,,einogc nerlect tho green
49, ~, s,,,;,r - a. ,,,,r,.,or sc,
| 49,. ~. tt,;as+ ,,,,,o .nd ,hye;.aI
.ntio "a Ma - di.rortion are not to
~, 'lv , ~; ~ ,,our MA. e,,n
IT., ~ g ,a.,,t,, -, va,;nfv Of
i'iicu = ot'' "'A
Jhe annual chahse OF tlothes ~
! "hicA "iro me Is Sin!sct - q nat W -
process. ana IN wiz 'iIe resuihles
ser. " mere io"i are uloer "oincsti
cdteo coinilIota soi,e a'tei'ioit aio'iiu
fare and for economic reasons. During
he nott eGG-nroducton IS much re
| duced; hence the experienced bfeeher
aims not only to MAINTAIN Nigof N
return Of normal egg-production. To
augment the growth of feathers and
| bring the bird through the process of
| noting in good condition, this is
| usually done by feeding highly
heterogeneous ration Wheat, bran, mid -
| dlipgs. beef scraps, meat meal, gluten
| feed. oats, oi1neal and similar sub
| stances should be used freely. It is