The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-05
GREEN FEED WILL HELP
EGG YIELD IN SUMMER
Any Vegetable Tops May Be
Fed With Success to
Poultry Flock.
VARIETY is REQUIRED
Young Chicks Also Will
Thrive on Mixed Diet of
I Cheapest Food.
~ w. /. PERRY.

This is the season when one can
greatly reduce the cost OF keeping the
average flock Of laying hens and also
increase the egg yield. To do this to
the best advantage one need not go
to any great trouble. but simply feed
green stuff. At this time there are
beet tops. lettuce, turnips. alfalfa.
lawn clippings. and in fact any OF the
vegetable tops will be relishcd by the
hens.
Hens fed but one variety of green
stuff soon become tired of the ration
if fed in large quantities. but by feed
ing several varieties Of greens. they
will relish them the more. BY feeding
this great variety one will be surprised
at the amount consumed in a day. ana
also how little grain feeds will be
needed to satisfy the fowls. Then.
again. notice the egg yield You will
soon discover that there will be sew
eral more eggs in the nests. Provide
a variety of greens to reduce the up
Keep of the flock: provide the variety
also to increase the egg production
You win both ways.
The youngsters should also be fed all
the green's they will consume. The
greater the variety the better It will
save some of the high priced growing
feeds and be much more satisfactory.
both from the financial end at the
present time and in the matter of
growth.
There is another essential point be-
ing overlooked by many in raising
chickens. This is one that can be
easily remedied by simply turning the
hose into the yard for an hour or so.
or turning the irrigation water into
the hen yard for a short time each day.
Poultry simply must have damp
ground if they are to thrive as one
would like to have them. This season
being an unusually dry one. no doub,
many flocks are really suffering from
lack OF damp ground on which to lie
about and scratch in.
II you are close observer OF the
work OF the successful poultryman you
will note that he attends to watering
his poultry yards about az often as the
garden and lawn. Try this out on q
hot afternoon when the birds arc
standing around with their mouths
wide open. and notice the change In
the flock. Too dry yard is Just as
fatal as too damp a yard for the ma :
turcd and growing flocks.
1t is not too carly in the season tc
make a test of your pullcts that yor
expect to carry through this coming
winter. The proper test will save some
disappointment, as we'll as make tn.
flock more profitable this winter. Aft.
CT YOU have tested your flock or HAY.
employed some competent person to d.
this for YOU. start right in making
some trap nests for your hens. Thi.
is a mighty important item in til,
commercial poultry business. BY test
ing them out now and using the tral
nest this winter you will get all tn.
birds out Of the flock that are "eat
ing their heads off, Eggs will b,
high this winter for more reasons tina,
one. Many people have disposed o
their hens because the prices of graf,
have gone out OF sight. This being on
Of the chief reasons why eggs will b.
high this winter. it will pay the othc
fellow with the stout heart to keep hi
birds over But there is no sense II
keeping 4 flock Of hens just becaus'
they arc hens. They must be pro
dncing hens. 1t is not to be reGrctte,
that some flOcks have gone to the mar
ket. as they no doubt have never PAL,
their way with grain at low tide. Blu
now grains have gone high. highe,
highest, these flocks have been dis
carried. 1t is just as easy to have
flock of good hens as flock Of poo
hens, provided you will get the RICH
kind Of stock and properly care 70
them.
This subject will be gone into in de
tail in the future but those who de
sire information on good hens ma,
addSess this paper and we will tr
and impress you with the value o
quality in poultry.
Right now Is the time to start pre-
pairing for this winters. egg produc
ton. Do not put II off until too late
and then have to wait \ whole year I
make another start.
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