Williams news., 1916-06-08
Hen Fed No Meat Milk Laid EiileFed Hens C Scrap

tent and higher in starch content than bran, but because of the relative cheapness should be used A mash too high in middlings is pasty, and when used, middlings should be mixed with other foods so as to be easily handled by the digestive tract.
 Corn should form a large portion of the ration: It is liked by the fowls Because of it's high starch and fat content, it is fattening. It should be fed in combination with other grains. Cracked corn is in form more easily assimilated than whole corn, and bet ter results will come with the use of it. Feeding immature or green corn in the fall often results in digestive troubles
 Cornmeal should be present in all rations. It may be used in the mash, but should be mixed with other feeds SO as to lessen the liability of crop impaction. One danger in handling cornmeal is it's liability of heating or fermenting in storage. Sour or moldy feed should never be fed A good prac- tice is to mix the cornmeal with bran in proportions desired, and store mixed rather than attempt to store separately. One of the reasons why cornbread is better than cornmeal as chick food is that baking destroys the ferments or molds.
 Oats can be used successfully in the ration. When fed whole they should be fed in limited quantities. not more than one-third of the grain ration, be-, cause of the high percentage of hull Chickens are able to digest but very little crude fiber, and for this reason one must limit the amount of foods with hulls, such as buckwheat, oats, sunfower seed, etc. The ration should not have more than 31s to 4 per cent of crude fiber Ground oats make an excellent mash for chickens, while pin head or steelcut oats make excellent chick feed, as do rolled oats
 The hen requires some food high in protein. All our grain foods so far considered do not furnish enough pro- tein. It is necessary, then, to supply something which will balance the ra- tion, or equalize the relation between the proteins and the carbohydrates and fats. Of the vegetable protein foods, oil meal is perhaps the most popular. It is high in protein, con taining 30 per cent, and makes a val uable addition to the mash during the moulting season. It should never form more than one-fifteenth of the ration. Cottonseed meal is not considered as palatable and it is slightly constipating. If fed, it should be in very small quan- titles. Gluten meal is also used for the same purpose and is greatly rel ished
 Meat foods are considered essential for efficient egg production. In fact, it is poor economy not to feed meat food of some kind. Increased returns from feeding it more than make up for the expense Beef scrap is perhaps the most common meat food This is commercial product which comes in ground form, will keep indefinitely, and can be mixed in the mash Beef scrap runs very high in protein and in addition contains ash, which is bene- fcial It is useless expense to feed too much. One-twelfth beef scrap in the ration is as much as necessary, provided no other food unusually high in protein is fed. If oil meal, gluten be reduced. At the Missouri agricul- tural experiment station a pen of 25 Leghorns was fed beef scrap and pro duced S69 more eggs from November 1, 1914, to July 1, 1915, tnaE a core spending pen which was fed the same ration but without the beef scrap. The two pens ate practically the same amount of food, so that $2.10 worth of beef scrap produced S69 more eggs. Green cut bone is popular as meat food. It is greatly relished by hens. The preparation of it is laborious un- less one has a power cutter. It must be fed almost as soon as prepared, for 1t spells very quickly in warm weather. A small amount daily increases ma terially the egg production. When one meat food is fed there is no need of supplying others.
 Tankage is not so satisfactory be- cause the hens do not like it so we'll Fresh fish, infertile eggs. table scraps, etc.. can also be used in the supply of animal food.
 For farmers the use of sour skinned milk or buttermilk is urged. At the Missouri agricultural expert ment station it was shown that by the use of sour milk the cost of produc- ing eggs was reduced ten cent dozen. A pen of 25 Leghorns which was fed milk produced in eight months $50 more eggs than another pen fed the same ration, but without sour milk. At the rate of 20 cents per 100 pounds for milk, S2.50 worth of milk produced $50 more eggs. The pen consumed 100 pounds less feed during that time Sour milk is better than sweet milk In feeding milk one should keep the pails or pans clean. When milk is fed if is unnecessary to feed heaf scrap 0r