Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-05-25

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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 large portion of
the ration. 1t is liked by the fowls
Because Of its high starch and fat
content, it is fattening 1t 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
1t. Feeding immature or green corn
in the fall often results In digestive
troubles.
Cornmeal should be present in all
rations. 1t may be used IN the mash,
but should be mixed with other feeds
50 as to lessen the liability OF crop
impaction. One danger in handling
cornmeal is its 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 Il, store
separately. One of the reasons wi,iy
cornbread is better than cornmeal as
a 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
one must limit the amount of foods
with bulls, such as buckwheat, oats,
sunfower seed, etc. The ration should
not have more than 3h to per cent
of crude fiber. Ground oats make an
| excellent mash for chickens, while pin
head or steel-cut 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. 1t is necessary, then, to supply
something which will balance the ra-
ton, or equalize the relation between
the proteins and the carbohydrates
and fats. OF the vegetable protein
foods, oil meal is perhaps the most
popular. 1t is high In protein, con-
tanning 80 per cent, and makes val
liable addition to the mash during the
moulting season. 1t should never form
more than one-fifteenth of the ration
Cottonseed meal is not considered as
palatable and 1t is slightly constipating
If fed, it should be in very small guam
titles. Gluten meal is also used for
the same purpose and il greatly rel
ished
Meat foods are considered essential
for efficient egg production. In fact,
1t 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
fetal 1t is a 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. II oil meal, gluten
meal. ETC., are fed, this proportion can
be reduced. At the Missouri agricul.
tural experiment station a pen of %
Leghorns was fed beef scrap and pro
duced 869 more eggs from November
l, 1914, to July l. 1915, than 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 $210 worth
OF beef scrap produced 800 more eggs.
Green cut bone is popular as meat
| food. It is greatly relished by hens.
; The preparation Of It is laborious I'M
less one has power cutter It must
be fed almost as soon as prepared, for
1t spoils 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 well.
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 Is 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, $3.50 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
pals or pans clean. When milk is fed
It is unnecessary to feed beef scrap OF