El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-11


away All the rabbits which come IN
their path. II the rabbit drive &C.
ours during cold weather a con sfdera-
BILE number OF the rabbits nav Be
frozen and kept in this condition for
the use OF the flock throughout the
winter season The carca sses can
[ then he thawed out and suspended IN
the poultry house as suggested above,
without cleaning, or IL desired. the
meat can be cooked and fed IN this
form TO the hens and pulets This
is valuable use OF rabbit meat, as
ordinarily the hundreds Of thousands
OF carcasses are wasted and allowed
to decay on the plains and cultivated
rlelcs where the animals were killed
Horse meat. also, makes a good
chicken feed. In some sections where
the sanitary laws do not prohibit the
feeding Of horse meat 70 fowls, ex-
tensive poultry raisers buy old. worn
out dobblns and slaughter them and
feed their meat to the poultry. This
Is done on a large scale in parts. Of
Lall4Ornla- operators report increased
egg yields by the hens as a conse-
quence OF the liberal use OF meat in
the ration Several Arizona poultry
farmers formerly made a practice Of
feeding wild burro meat to their hens
with as attractive and interesting re-
suits as come from the feeding Of
horse meat. These ranchers used TO
pay the Indians bounties for round
ing up wild burros in the noun
famous country and killing and
transporting the carcasses to the
poultry plants
Fish Made Good Feed
Practically any kind OF wild game
or varieties Of fish which are not
valuable for human food purposes are
highly satisfactory in the poultry
dietary. Where fish are abundant It
ordinarily Is the custom for the
fishermen TO throw back into the
water or else throw away any FISH
which are not highly desirable for
eating. The use OF these fish as feed
Tor hens would be quite ideal, and.
apparently. there is splendid cppor-
tunlty FOR some poultrymen to
locate commercial plants near popular
public fishing grounds. Some OF the
Long Island duck farmers. who turn
Off as many as 100000 ducklings a
year, make an annual practice OF
employing fishermen especially TO
catch fish TO feed to the ducks. The
fish usually are boiled and supplied
10 the ducks In q cooked condition.
being highly relished and particularly I
,atteninE.
On the average farm where poul-
-ry IS kept as side line. meat meal /
and Ish scraps are usually little 4
ised If the ration because. as a rule. I
-A-HN AAH E4a II EalNELE expensive COM D
pared with the other nutriments com
monty furnished the fowls Many
-armers make Up for this deficiency /
II protein in the ration hv the liberal /
eeding OF skim milk. Others main /
ain their hens on farm grown grain 4
without the essential supplementary !
protein, and as a CONSEQUENCE. suffer ]
. pronounced loss IN the yield Of /
ggs- It is economy for the general ]
armer to utilize such high priced /
.eed as beef scraps and fish meal. as
generally he feeds only a small i
mount Of this material while its in 4
luence on the egg yield Is markedly
1erceptible and decidedly profitable I
% the producer. Unless the farmer
an supply plenty Of protein IN the
.orm Of rabbits, horse meat. wild
-ame. fish or skim milk. g Is advfsa-
DE that he, by all means. purchase
nd feed meat meal OF fish meal reg
llarly to his flock