The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-04
Poultry Notes
By MRS. JOHN c. MOSES. Mississippi City. Miss.

aHie scraps ana kitchen waste are pest prepared for feeding by running them through an ordinary meat grinder After the material has been put through the grinder it is usually a rather moist mass, and 1t IS well to mix with it corn meal bran or other ground grain until the whole mass assumes crumbly con dition. The usual method is to feed the table scraps at noon or at night or at both times, as may be desired. in a trough or on a board. All should be fed that the hens will eat up clean. ! and if any of the material is left after one-hah or three-quarters of an hour II should be removed. If allowed to lie ir may spoil and would be very bad for the hens.
 plentiful supply of clean, fresh water must always be available to the hens The fowls drink freely especially when laying heavily. and should not be stinted of such necessary and cheap material as water The water pan or dish should be kept clean. If it is not washed out frequently a green slime will gather on it's inner surface. This should not be all lowed to happen. It is well to keep the water pan outside the house and in the shade in the summer, but in the winter when the water may freeze it is best that the pan be left in the house, and it should be raised about a foot above the floor so that the hens won't kick it full of litter when scratching for their teed.
 r. any birds in the flock develop colds, put as much potassium permanganate as will remain on the surface of dime into a gallon of water and keep this ! mixture in their drinking water for sev- |ra days until the symptoms of the
 clds have disappeared. Remove any sick birds from the flock as soon as they are noted and treat them in coops by Themselves, or kill and bury them if they are not worth treating.
 The hens should have access at all times to a supply of grit or stones of a size small enough to be swallowed read ily Grit is used by the hens to help in grinding in their gizzards the hard grains which they eat. A supply of ordi- nne-y- ,:sfa' '-si' Win answer the purpose
 grit very well. Crushed oyster or
 am shell also should be given to the
 ens and be kept before them at all
 mes. If this is withheld the hens are likely to lack sufficient shell-forming Enaterial in their feed. with the result that they lay many soft sheled or thin sheiled eggs. Grit or shell be pur chased in small quantities at any feed or poultry supply store,
 Green cut bone can often be purchased from the butcher. This maternal when procured fresh makes excellent sub stitute for beef scraps. It should be pur- chased in small quantities, as it can not be kept fresh for any length of time and 3,when spoiled may cause severe bowel trouble. It is best fed in trough not oftener than every other day, allowing about one-half ounce per bird. Should severe or continued looseness of the Awels follow the feeding of green cut cone it should be discontinued or the ouantity reduced.
 Keep the nests clean; provide one nest Or every four hens. Gather the eggs D twice daily Keep the eggs in a cool, dry room or cellar. Market the eggs at least twice week. Purchase well-ma- tured bullets rather than hens. N Now is, the time to build the new poul- Ary house or remodl the old one, so as ko have everything ready and comfort able for the hens that are to produce the winter eggs.