The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-06-01

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. II is liked by the fowls.
Because OF its high starch and fat
| content, Il Is fsttenlng. II should be
fed In combination with other grains.
Cracked corn is In a form more easily
assimilated than whole corn, and bet
ter results will come with the use OF
H. Feeding immature or green corn
I, In the fall often results In digestive
troubles.
Cornmeal should be present in all
rations. II may be used IN the mash,
but should be mixed with other feeds
80 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 10 store
separately. One OF the reasons why
cornbread is better than eornmeal 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
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 az to 4 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. II is necessary. then. to supply
something which will balance the ra-
tion. or equalixe the relation between
the proteins and the carbohydrates
and fats. or the vegetable protein
foods, oil meal is perhaps the most
popular. II is high In protein, con-
tanning 80 per cent. and makes a yal-
liable addition to the mash during the
moulting season. It should never form
more than one-fifteenth OF the ration
Cottonseed meal is not considered AZ
palatable and II is slightly constipating.
II fed II should be In very small guam
titles. Gluten meal is also used for
the same purpose and Is greatly rel
ished.
Meat foods are considered essential
for efncient egg production. In fact,
II 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
4 the most common meat food This is
a commercial product which comes In
a ground form, will keep indefinitely,
and can be mixed in the mash. Beef
scrap runs very high in protein and in
o addition contains ash. which is bene
ficial. II is a useless expense TO feed
y too much. One.twelfth beef scrap In
y the ration is as much as necessary
n provided no other food unusually high
70 in protein is fed. II oil meal. gluten
It meal. etc, are fed, this proportion car
II be reduced. Al the Missouri agricul
IN tural experiment station a pen OF 2l
ID Leghorns was fed beef scrap and pro
Is duced 500 more eggs from November
Is l, 1914, TO July l. 1915, thar a CORE
| gnnphing hfNh NM faA ma
d. ration but without the beef scrap. Tn,
z. two pens ate practically the sam,
n amount OF food, so that s210 wortl
Is OF beef scrap produced 500 more eggs
.. Green cut bone is popular as a mea
food. II is greatly relished by hens
,r The preparation OF II is laborious un
ly less one has a power cutter. II mus
in be fed almost as soon as prepared. TO
,e II spoils very quickly in warm weather
IN A small amount daily increases ma
be terially the egg production. Whel
IS, one meat food is fed there is no nee,
A. OF supplying others.
n Tankage is not so satisfactory be
N. cause the hens do not like 1t 30 vel
10 Fresh FISH, infertile eggs, table scraps
IT, etc. can also be used in the supply O
at animal food.
be For farmers the use OF sou
Id skinned milk or buttermilk Is urged
is At the Missouri agricultural exper
Id ment station 1t was shown that by tn
ct use OF sour milk the cost OF produS
a ing eggs was reduced ten cent dozer
A pen OF rs Leghorns which was fe
1t milk produced in eight months s5
IT more eggs than another pen fed tn
yh same ration. but without sour milk. A
he the rate Of 20 cents per 100 pounds 10
at milk. $3.50 worth OF milk produce
to $50 more eggs. The pen consumed 10
IN pounds less feed during that time
on Sour milk Is better than sweet mill
at In feeding milk one should keep tn
IN pals or pans clean. When milk 10 fe
II 10 unnecessary to feed beef scrEp .