The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-01-22
prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.I

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculturs)
Fresh garbage, fed as soon as pos
sible after it Is discarded from the ta-
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
30 per cent.
Cleanliness and sanitation in the
preparation, handling and feeding of
garbage are essential, as sour or talnt-
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 a. poultry feed
comes from the fact that 1t 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
ly grains and concentrates in the hen
| dietary.
Subject Garbage to Careful Selection.
Some poultrymen have experienced
unsatisfactory results in the use of
! garbage because they did not prac.
! tlce careful selection. 1t cannot be
expected that the hens will thrive on
feed which is contaminated with brok-
en- glass, scraps of tin, phonograph
needles, and the like, and 1t 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 it
with little of the moist mash before
1t 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
relish In the course of an hour. Any
feed which the fowls reject should be
removed from the trpughs, feeding
pens or yards as soon as possible
u
contaminates the premises and, subse-
quently. If the fowls peck at it during
a period when they are hungry. 1t In
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, ta-
BILE scraps are rich, in, protein. all
though where the garbage is deficient
in this ingredient, it is practical to
supplement the mash with about 5 Per
cent of meat meal.
Cold Weather. Facilitates Garhace
Feeding.
Generally speaking. there is less dan
ger from feeding garbage an the win
ter than during the summer, as the
cold weather prevents, rapid deeom-
position and fermentation of the ref
use. Often the suburban flock owner
may secure the garbage of neignborlng
families, who, do not keep chickens.
This source of 1aed may be SO plenti-
full that he cam expand his poultry OPP
erations and afford to pay a small
amount for the table refuse. Where
many uncoolsed potatoes are present
in the garbage. 1t Is usually good
plan to separate them and to cook
them before feeding to the fowls. 9th
erwise these are not we'll utilized and
often indaee digestive trouble.
Experiments 10 feeding ge~bage at
the government experimental farm at
Beltsville, Md. Indicate that 80 hens
will use about three quarts of garbage
aaV2 20 advantage. In addition, keep
a 'T~ 'a>oS -s.sias,a2 : ~ ,aree parts
by weighe Of cornmeal. one part of
bran, one part Of middlings. s per cent
of meat scraps before the hens all of
the time. The experiments proved
eonclusively that where fresh garh.
age Is properly fed bountiful egg
yield results. while economical and
rapid meat production Is also engen-
dered by the judicious use of garbage
in the ration. Ordinarily it is advis-
able where garbage Is plentiful to mi x
enough supplementary mash with the
garbage to give the mixture u good
consistency. In case the table scraps
contain much fruit and vegetable peel
ings, 1t is essential to add more mash,
while IL the garbage Is made up chief
" Of potato peelings bread meat and