Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-20

mical results are obtained by using the
higher-priced products. Many make the
mistake in feeding principally FOODS
containing a high per- cent OF protein,
thinking that they contain the fat
forming elements. while in reality their
chief office is In producing sinew,
muscle, plumage and eggs, thereby nit
ting the fowl for other purposes than
those sought.
Others make just as grave mis-
take by feeding almost exclusively OF
| foods containing a larger per cent oil
the hydrocarbons, To arrive at prop
er ration for fowls designated for mar
ket it is necessary to know it's age and
condition, and should be grouped &C
| cordngly. A reasonably fat fowl should
not be placed in the same fattenins
yard with poor one; neither should
| a young bird be placed with old ones,
and all sickly fowls should have their
quarters as remote from the others as
possible.
Keep Conditions Sanitary.
In whatever conditions they are re-
ceived or found, having been examined
land classified, see that the quarters
| in which they are to be placed are san
itary and their food aand drinking Ves-
sells clean, and kept so continually. NO
food. however good or intelligently fed,
| without sanitary surroundings, can lead
to the economical and perfect results.
In getting broilers ready for market
we should commence with foods which
approach the nearest that found by the
bird in the wild state, such as seeds
small grains and such meats as repre-
sent insects. All foods should be varied
according to the condition and extent
of the quarters. AS the bird advances In
size, mashes may be added to the gem
eral diet, and the per cent Of the hydo-
carbons increased from time to time
until the danger line is reached which
is indicated by the chick showing dull
ness or lacks the relish of food. The
grains at this period should be mostly
fine cracked corn but should the chick
at any time seem to relish the other
small grain more this part Of the food
should be diminished accordingly.
| Fowls must take on large quantities
of grit in their crops in order to mas
| ticate or grind the whole grain or corn.
| Then again, when ground into fine
| meal and fed in mashes it is often alb
sorbed before incorporated with the
digestive fluids in which condition fer
mentation sets in which forms poison
Gus gases and entering the alimentary
canal and circulatory system produces
toxic poison which is the prime cause
Of many fatal effects
The food containing large percent
ages of the hydrocarbon compounds
seems easiest affected by moisture.
| This is the reason for the great fatality
among little chicks fed on very wet
corn meal dough, and the only thing
that saves any of them thus fed is the
amount of exercise they take when
| brooded by hens. Theory sounds mighty
good and we may make elaborate lab
| oratory tests of the nutritious value of
foodstuffs and their fermentability I'M
der various conditions, but the main
thing for the poultryman to know is
where to get the foods which bear the
nitrogen and hydrocarbon elements in
the most digestible form and at the
least price.
To counterfeit many Of the i'll effects
! liable to be caused by heavy feeding
| CIIHC1 SIAM VI SaAliAd1 1OOd, SAoASooi
is the best known absorbent of gaseous
conditions, and without it the process
fattening or building up the bony and
muscular structure must be unneces-
sarily prolonged. SO too with herbiver-
Gus matter in the way of alfalfa, clover
cabbage, turnips. ETC., incorporated with
mashes or fed separately. must be ad-
ministered for they can not only fur
nish nutrition, but act as vehicles and
eliminants of waste products.
| It is profitable to know that old fowls
such as hen 2 years or over and cocks
can be fed a larger per cent Of the
hydrocarbon elements with less char
coal and green stuff than broilers or
roasters. @
Feeding For Eggs.
In egg producing poultry nearly the
same methods In feeding may be
adopted, especially in bringing the
young fowl to maturity, as in exhibition
stock. Indeed birds in prime show con-
dition are quite ready for the laying
yard or breeding pen. There should be
some changes however, if one is fore
| ing for market eggs.
1t is not always the amount of eggs
one gets, but the most of production
that should be looked into. No matter
for what purpose one Is feeling fowls
| oluayc bave in each Of the fowls en-