The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-25
Feed Fresh Garbage
Cuts Egg and Meat
Production Cost

practical manner Of reducing the
production costs lof market eggs con.
sists in feeding fresh garbage placed
before the flock as soon as possible
after it has been rejected from the
N table. Used iudiciously the United
states department of agriculture says
Il will reduce the cost of egg and
meat production from 25 to 80 per
cent. The garbage must be fresh and
free from all fermentation and sour.
ness. The intrinsic value of garbage
as poultry feed is due to the fact
that 1t provides a varied ration which
fits all the needs and requirements of
the flock.
One explanation Of why the small
flock owner, with his backyard bevy
of hens, secures heavy production of
eggs. hinges around the fact that he
4 emphasizes the use of table scraps in
the ration. Similar results obtain where
y commercial flocks are given access to
daily allowances of sanitary, well-selec.
ted and paatabe garbage. Although
f the character Of garbage varies
f throughout the year, due to the fact
that more succulent vegetables and
fruits are used during the summer, this
refuse Is also a valuable substitute for
costly grains and concentrates in the
hen menu
Select Clean Garbage--Feed il Fresh
Unfortunate results which in some
Instances have followed the use OF
garbage are due to feeding a mixture
OF table scraps that was not carefully
kelected. Hens like fresh garbage but
are not able to digest scraps of tin,
phonograph needles and similar for
eign material. Unless such substan-
ces are separated from the garbage,
disastrous results invariably follow
and the poultryman soon abandons
garbage feeding and condemps it as
unsatisfactory. The department of ag.
riculture recommends that fresh gar
baee be run through a meat or veget.
able chopper, and mixed with a little
ground feed before it is fed 10 the
fowls
As much Of the table refuse should
be fed as the flock will clean up with
u relish in the course Of an hour. All
food which the birds reject should
be removed from the Seeding pens or
yards as soon as possible thereafter.
Otherwise, 1t sours and contaminates
the sremlses ah1. subsequently. If the
fowls eat it II iuN.ri. .ly causes di-
gestive trouble
AWhere garbage r. tr It is also pre-.
)quisltc TO proviI, r. light ration of
grain twice daily, as well as to supply
Dry mash in hopper before the
flock. AS IA "ue table scraps are rich
Ia protein and only occasionally is 1t
Necessary to supplement the mash
I'm approximately per cent of meat
Ueal. During the summer garbage de-
composes and ferments quickly and II
must be fed before 1t reaches this
stage. The feeding Of garbage is
favored during cold weather because in
The winter the refuse keeps better.
Suburban flock owners may often Sc.
Cure the garbage from neighboring
families who do not keep hens. This
source Of feed may be so plentiful
that the flock-owner can expand his
hen-keeping operations and even af-
ford TO pay a small amount for the
garbage.
One Quart Daily Feeds 10 Hens
Experiments in feeding garbage at
! The government experimental farm at
BetsvXlle. Md. indicate that 10 hens
Will consume about / quart of garbage
daily. a suitable dry mash as sup.
plement to this garbage consists of 3
parts by weight Of corn meal, / part
II bran, part of middlings. and )
i per cent OF meat scraps. This mash
IS kept before the fowls all the time.
The Investigations demonstrated con.
clusively that where fresh garbage Is
properly fed fair egg crop results,
while economical and rapid gains in
growth are secured by the judicious
use of table refuse in the ration.
Where the garbage Is plentiful and
rather watery II Is advisable TO mix
IN enough supplementary mash TO
rive the mixture desirable consis.
tency. IL the table scraps contain
much fruit and vegetable pcelings
more mash should be added. while
Il the garbage consists chiefly of po.
tato peelings, bread and meat less
mash should be used Care should be
exercised to drain Off soapy water or
excess liquid from the garbage.
Feeds Garbage Successfully
A poultry farm In the District OF
4 Columbia which handles about 1000
'owls reports excellent results from
The use OF wcll-sclccted garbage. This
material Is hauled twice a day and
led to the birds about 10 o'clock lr
the morning and again during tho
middle of the afternoon SO that the
able scraps are fed fresh only two
r three hours after they are discarded
rom the kitchen. The feeding meth
ID OF this poultryman is to scatter
he garbage on the grass range In
such quantities that the fowls will
.lean up all the refuse. He rotates
.hesc feeding spots In such n way