The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-09

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Fresh garbage, fed as soon as pos.
sible after it is discarded from the ia.
Dies 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
a diversified ration which satisfies all
the needs and requirements of the
lock. 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
" grains and concentrates in the hen
dietary.
Subject Garbage to Careful Selection.
Some poultrymen have experienced
unsatisfactory results in the use of
mr.
tice careful selection. 1t cannot be
expected that the hens will thrive on
| iced which is contaminated with brok-
en- glass, scraps of tin, monograph
| needles, and the Hike, 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 a meat
or vegetable chopper and mixing 1t
with little of the moist mash before
it 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 much
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 and
communicates the premises and, subse-
quently, if the fowls peck at it during
period when they are hungry, 1t in
l~variably causes digestive trouble.
Where garbage is fed, it is always
essential to supply a light ration OF
grain twice daily, as well as to have
dry mash available in hoppers before
: the flock all the time. Generally, ia
Bile scraps are rich in protein, al
though where the garbage is deficient
in this Ingredient, it is practical te
supplement the mash with about 5 pei
cent of meat meal.
Cold Weather Facilitates Garbag'
Feeding.
Generally speaking, there is less dan
) ger from feeding garbage in the win
ter than during the summer, as tn
Is cold weather prevents rapid decom
position and fermentation of the ref
use. Often the suburban flock owne
may secure the garbage of neighborin
N families who do not keep chickens
is This source of feed may be so plent1
)" full that he can expand his poultry or
al erations and afford to pay a sma
IL amount for the table refuse. Wher
is many uncooked potatoes are presen
r. in the garbage, it is usually a goo
ne plan to separate them and to coo
in them before feeding to the fowls. OH
gs erwise these are not well utilized an
de often induce digestive trouble.
yo Experiments in feeding garbage {
ly the government experimental farm {
az Beltsville. Nd, indicate that 80 her
will use about three quarts Of garbae
daily to advantage. In addition, kee
- a dry mash consisting Of three par
n by weight Of cornmeal. one part I
\ bran, one part of middlings. 5 per Gel
Of meat scraps before the hens all I
= the time. The experiments prove
he conclusively that where fresh gar
age is properly fed ! bountiful el
yield results, while economical ar
De- rapid meat production is also enge
hy dered by the judicious use of garba,
in the ration. Ordinarily it is advi
able where garbage Is plentiful to m
Of enough supplementary mash with Il
he garbage to give the mixture go'
consistency. In case the table scra
contain much fruit and vegetable PEI
EN- ings, it Is essential to add more mas
tn while If the garbage is made up chit
Ing " Of potato peelinss, bread, meat al