The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-12-13
prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agrculture)


prepared by the United States Depart |
ment of Agrculture)
Fresh garbage, fed as soon as pos
sible after it is discarded from the Ia
bles of consumers, provides an eff
cient feed for poultry. Used judi
ciously, it will reduce the cost OF
egg and meat production from % to
80 per cent.
Cleanliness and sanitation in the
preparation, handling and feeding OF
garbage are essential, as sour or faint
ed garbage is particularly obnoxious
to chickens, because any fermentation
induces digestive disorders and pro-
fuse diarrhea. Apparently the intrin-
sic value Of garbage as poultry feed
comes from the fact that it provides
diversified ration which satisfies all
the needs and requirements of the
flock. 1t is big scale replica Of the
small feeding operations of the back
yard poultry raiser who maintains his
birds chiefly on table scraps and left
overs from the family board. AL
though the character Of garbage varies
during the year. due to the fact that
more succulent vegetables and fruits
are used during the summer, the refuse
Is always valuable substitute for cost
lv grains and concentrates in the hen
dietary.
Subject Garbage 10 Careful Selection.
Some poultrymen have experienced
unsatisfactory results in the use OF
garbage because they did not prac-
tice careful selection. 1t cannot be
expected that the hens will thrive on
feed which is contaminated with brok-
en- glass, scraps of tin, phonograpn
needles, and the like, and it is only
the owner who will pick over the garb-
age and eliminate the Objectionable
foreign matter that will realize profit
able and dependable results from its
use. The best plan is to try to get
the housewife to keep such undesira-
BILE material from going into the garb'
age. Specialists Of the United States
department of agriculture recommend
running the garbage through meat
or vegetable chopper and mixing II
with little of the moist mash before
il is placed before the fowls. The
amount which is fed will entirely de
pend on the size of the flock it being
usually advisable to provide as mucf
refuse as the birds will clean up with
a relish in the course of an hour. ANY
feed which the fowls reject should be
removed from the troughs, feeding
pens or yards as soon as possible
thereafter. Otherwise it sours ant
communicates the premises and, subse
quently, if the fowls peck at it during
a period when they are hungry, it in
variably causes digestive trouble.
Where garbage is fed, it is Away
essential to supply a light ration o
grain twice daily, as well as to hav
a dry mash available in hoppers befor
the flock all the time. Generally, ia
BILE scraps are rich in protein, al
, though where the garbage is deticien
: in this ingredient, it is practical t
7 supplement the mash with about pc
: cent of meat meal.
r Cold Weather Facilitates Garbag
: Feeding.
. Generally speaking, there is less dar
= ger from feeding garbage in the wiz
q ter than during the summer, as tn
: cold weather prevents rapid decon
position and fermentation of the re-
USE Often the suburban flock owne
may secure the garbage Of neighborin
families who do not keep chicken
This source of feed may be so plent
. full that he can expand his poultry Of
| erations and afford to pay a snla
| amount for the table refuse. Whel
| many uncooked potatoes are presel
| in the garbage, it is usually goo
plan to separate them and to coo
them before feeding to the fowls. Otl
| erwise these are not well utilized an
| often induce digestive trouble.
| Experiments in feeding garbage
| the government experimental farm
| Beltsville, Md, indicate that 80 heI
| will use about three quarts of garbat
| daily to advantage. In addition, ket
| a dry mash consisting Of three par
! by weight of cornmeal, one part
4 bran, one part of middlings, 5 per ce
4 Of meat scraps before the hens all
4 the time. The experiments prove
!. c0nclusiyely that where fresh gar
II age is properly fed bOuntiful eI
d yield results, while economical al
n rapid meat production is also enge
4 dered by the judicious use of garba
a in the ration. Ordinarily it is adv
a able where garbage is plentiful to m
q enough supplementary mash with {
n garbage to give the mixture go
consistency. In case the table scra
A contain much fruit and vegetable pc
ings, it is essential to add more mas
a while if the garbage is made up chi