Milford chronicle., 1917-06-01

make the yolk Of the egg rich golden color, but
this Is not necessary 70 the sale Of the eggs.
y Oats and wheat are the staple foods for poultry
and are worth more as such than all others com
bined. Oats are extremely rich in protein Of un-
told value as food for the growing stock and the
mhtured birds and especially is this true IN rela-
l ton 70 the heavier bodied fowls. Many persons
feed oats exclusively but find better results from
/ using wheat and oats together. OF course. the
hulled oats are the very best, but owing 70 their
cost few persons use them.
Wheat is not only valuable food but is a favor
able one with the fowls II 10 one Of the very few
grains that can be fed BinRly with success. In
some poultry plants wheat is used exclusively as q
diet with good success, and without IN effects. Il
is rich both in protein and mineral matter. and in
deed no poultry ration is complete without it. At
the present time the extremely high price Of wheat
tends to increase considerably the cost Of keeping
fowls, but then, this expense is Offset by the high
I price Of eggs. When / say that wheat alone is
1 used with success. I mean Of course among the
| grain foods. Fowls must Of necessity have other
/ foods to assure success namely animal asd green
foods These are all essential to egg production.
Eggs can be and are produced by simply feeding
wheat but with the addition Of animal and green
foods, the yield is materially increased. Good
clean screenings may be substituted for wheat
with good effect.
There are. however. some grains which may gen
orally be found in poultry rations which have no
place in the diet Of fowls and never should be
given.
Rye is possibly a good grain for certain uses but
il should never be fed to poultry. This grain
tains ergot in large quantities, and if fed to the
birds produces bad effects Besides the birds dis
like it very much. Avoid feeding rye at all times
Barley contains excellent qualities for fattening.
but is very hard TO digest. and should at all times
be fed sparingly. and even then, only in a ground
state.
Kaffir corn has relatively the same food value
ordinary and should never be used in eonnec-
tiOn with its rival grain. In other words, where
corn is used. discard the kafiir corn. Use one or
the other but never both, as IL Is but a waste Of
money to feed both at the same time
Buckwheat is a fattening food and should be
used with extreme caution, in small quantities,
and only in cold weather. Millet and sunhower
seed may be used. but should only form very
small percentage Of the rations. Both Of these
may also be entirely eliminated from the grain
ration without either imparing the health or pro-
ductiveness of the fowls.
Many persons confine the hens rations TO grain
foods and meet with good success, but egg pro-
duction can be greatly stimulated by the addition
of other foods which contain proper ingredients
for egg making. These should be fed in liberal
quantities in order to get great yield from the
birds possible,
In mixing your grain foods you viii do well TO
let wheat form the basis Of the mixture A good
proportion for the grain ration will be found in
the foowing Wheat. two parts; cracked corn.
one part. and oats from one TO one and one-half
part If you desire 10 add any of the other grain
to this mix met and BunfiOwer seed but let this
be one-half Of one part Of the whole mixture
As the weather gets warmer reduce the quantity
of corn as it is increased during the cold weather.
But above all things. let the bulk Of your grain
food be made up Of wheat and oats Your birds
will not only lay better, but the food will be great
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