Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1919-02-20
GETTING eggs
ALL The time
assslts of This Years Exper-
fence in Tennessee Poultry
Yards Worth Noting
EARLY MATCHED CHICKS PAY
For the Keeper of a Few Hens These
Remarks Are Peculiarly Timely
and on the Farm They Are Being
Applied All the Time.

(By II. n. Crane, Division Of Exten
sion, Univ ersity Ut TENNESSEE
Hens seldom lay eggs before very
late winter or earl! spring. The fowls
that lay during the fan months ana
the early winter months are Che early
hatched pullets, EN early hatched Is
meant pullets Matched m february.
March, and the first two weeks OF
April.
After one has matured pullets, bear
I'm mind thar IN order so gel c-gS wafer
is most essential More than three
rourths Of the composition OF the
fowls body and Also of the egg IS
composed of water Sce that protein
is supplied in the feed. The protein
Of the feed Is changer by Dhc fowls To
albumen or white OF The eggs. See that
the feeds have a liberal supply OF
fats and carbohydrates. as these con
stitute very largely the yolk Of the
Egg.
Table and garden waste contains a
considerable amount OF horh of these
Ingredients. In addition, feed at least
she protein feed in a more concen-
tra ted form and in greater quantities
This can best be led in the form Of
neat scraps or fresh ground bone
which can be obtained in the market
hn@se at 3 cents q pound. one n
Ct these green cut bones TO each fowl
three or four times n week Is quite
suficient; and a greater quantity is
liable to d~isarrance the system of the
fowls and 10 cause trouble
In supplying mea scraps, fowls
vsA not eat 50 much, and the same
care in the feeding is not necessary.
Meat scraps should be fed ia connec-
ton with a dry mash.
Five pounds of meat scraps to 10
pounds Of corr meal and 10 pounds of
wheat bran is about right, This
should be thoroly mixed together for
the dry mash. Keep the dry mash in
q trough 20 constructed that the fowls
can not waste it, or in a dry mash hop
peI, left open to the fowls at all times,
The garden and kitchen waste ian
best be utilized by being mixed, and
thoroly evoked before feeding This
shoald be mixed with q sufficient guam
tity OF dry mash TO form a crumbly
but not sloppy mixture, and given to
the fowls about noon
All the grain the fowls will eat up
clean should be fed about five o'clock
In the afternoon in a litter Of straw,
leaves, or planer shayings, which
should cover the poultry house door.
A handful Of grain TO each len hens
should b. thrown in the Little after
the fowls have gone to rOost to give
them exercise on leaving the perches
sariy in the morning.
The scratch grains fed in the litter
may consist of any good commercial
scratch feed for sale on the market
or may consist OF one-part cracked
corn, one-part good heavy white oats,
md one-part wheat screenings.
Ten hens properly taken care Of will
supply ample eggs for table purposes
lpT the average family of four.
Grit, oyster shell, and graduated
charcoal should be kept in separate
dishes, 50 that the fowls can always
have free aecess 10 them. The grit
serves ~ teeth in masticating the
nssd; the oyster shell furnishes the
calcium carbonate to enclose the edible
e0 the charcoal is to keep the fowls
n coalition. Lettuce leaves, celery
tops, oabbage, turnips, and other sue
euiunt vegetables also tend to keep
the tpwts in good health and to stimu.
hate egg production.