Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-21

rupting their normal development
4 good scratching pen thus becomes a
valuable adjunct to successful feeding
The energy expended in scratching TO
the grain helps to keep the pullets healthy
and experience has demonstrated that tue
active and healthy pullets make the hes.
layers In addition to grain. the pullets
should he supplied with plenty Of gree,
feed, fresh water, charcoal. oyster shell
and grit These may be supplied in SELF
feeding hoppers.
COMPLETE GRAIN RATION
For pullets about to lay, no poultryman
should be without such standard grains
as corn, wheat, and oats Other nece,-
sary feeds are meat scraps or meat meal
bran, middlings. corn meal and ground
oats. good commercial scratch feed is
essential. because it furnishes variety
of grains at "A fair price. The keeper Of
a few fowls or a small flock will find it IS
cheap to use scratch feed as to attemut
to mix ones own rations
As rule scratch feeds are scientifically
prepared The object is to supply a ba,
anced grain ration. They are valuable for
meeting the organic demands of LAYING
fowls. \ good scratch feed usually con-
I aims cracked corn, wheat. oats. kaiir, ban
| ey' huckwheat, sunfiower seed, and even
ether grains. These are all needed o.
| ayers They form a complete grain RI
! ton since they contain the proper pro-
portions of protein. carbo- hvdrates ana
fats, they provide for body wastes, normal
growth, complete development and egg
formation.
Recent tests by the United States
department of agriculture show that
fowls given certain feeds selected S3 par
cent. of cornmeal % per cent. of becc
scrap and Il per cent. of bran and md
dlings. Such ration consists of the es-
sential food clements of protein. carbo-
hydrates and fats Pullets must have all
three forms of food substances.
IT supplied with the necessary fee a.
fowls will usually balance their own ra
tons Besides grain natural foods FOR
fowls are grubs. insects. worms AMI
other things found in the fields Under
domestic conditions these things cannot
be supplied. Some form of animal pr -
TEN must take the place OF natural insect
food Consequently growing pulets necd
fresh ground bone, meat scrap. fish scrap,
or skim milk for egg production
If Such materials are kept before pull
lets ,hav will ,euoll,, on, ,.,i.. .....,,a -, -
for normal Moods rvnar,,,,,..
Indiana I,xnerimen, cta.io,, h.... .-,'...
,hot having n,,rlo,s r,,st '.,,..,, Wv -
tein in some farm, ~ $50, ''','1'''' -
nablv. Tins fo,r mans - ,,,,,.. .'U'-
fed nrecisolv tho SOM
ona MOI, r.coi,.,1 ,,,,.,. -"
one fish scr,n and 49, ,,,i. - -. ,'''
.otber MOI, racai,.o,, ''' 'i'''"' =
In ono ,.o,r oo,,, ,,,,,I 49," ''.' ,
mont scr,r Lola ~ a.', =. pen ''''
FISH scro,, Tot, %. 10y 90 -"
skin, mill roi, 20. 80 "
nuIIets vbio,, ,,.o.g ""''c ''e
avar,eo 90 o., $500 ''''' 7'.''" '''u an
rho "a, 80.
was a. - ,o,. ,, ',' '''', scrap
Co, c,,, @ '""' nun 'he pen
'"P S'" per P""et' ana from
IT. ,, '"'.' ""'N S"'- per P'IIet'
$780,, '"' Nv, ~" ANY ANIMAL
0'' "' " ''HS'
Use OF SURPLUS ENERGY.
Probably no hard and fast rule can ne
laid down for balancing a ration for Law
ing pulets. But such a ration is neces-
sary for the production Of surulrs enerpy.