The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-04-15
GETTING eggs
ALL The TINE
Results Of This Years Exper-
fence in Tennessee Poultry
YarLs "Gr,h, HoiinJ
EARLY HaTcaEJ CHICKS PAY
FOR the Keeper Ct &c" H-ns The3,
Eemark5 AR ECcuGsriy Timely;
and on the Farm They Are BENG
Applied All the Time.

/ Gy Il. n. Crane. Division OF Eyten-
sion, University al Tcnnr.sre)
IONS seldom lay c@2s hef"re very
laie winter or carly spring. The fowls
that lay dur.rg The fail months and
the early winter months are the early
ha,chcd puli"l-, BY early ha,citcd is
meant pul,cts ha,chcd In. February.
March, and Tie first two weeks of
Aprl.
After on" h's maturcl pu!letS, bear
In mind thot ~ order Ia -rl e.-s water
Is most G. entail. More than three,
roarihs of the composition OF the
fowls body and also of lie egg is
composed of water. See HAT protein
Il Supplied IN The feed The protein
Of the feed T. changer by HE fowls 10
ulbulncn az wAi,co q. he eggs. Sc" HAT
the feeds have Il liberal supply of
fats and carbohydrates, rs these CON
stitu,e very larry The yoiS Of the
eyes.
Table ana garden waste contains a
cen 'd,u.bIr amount ut both of these
ln.ir. eat.. la at i.tiuu, feed NJ least
the prr.u'A iced 20 more conccn-
tmlai trm and In 'T"ater quantities.
This ,7m hrsl be fed IN the form Of
mra, scraps or cir,h groun' bone
which can be ohia,l"d in the. market
house AT > cents pound. One ounce
Of these green cut bones to each fowl
three or four tiiacs IA week is quite
sufficient; aud a greater quantity is
liable To disarrange the system of the
fowls and Ia cause trouble
In supplying neat scraps, fowls
will not eat - much. and The same
care in the feeding is not necessary.
Meat scrap, SHOULD he fcd in connec-
ton with Il dry mash.
Five pounds of meat scraps 10 ~
pounds OF corn meal aud 10 pounds nf
wheat bran il about right. This
should he lhornly mixed together for
tie dry mash. Keep Inc dry mash IN
a trough 50 constructed that he fowls
can not waste IL, or In dry mash hog.
per, left open To the fowls at all times.
The garden and k.chen waste eau
best be utilized by being mixed. ana
thoroly cooked before feeding. This
should be mixed with sufficient guam
tity of dry mash Ia form crumbly
but not sloppy mixtdrc, and given 70
the fowls about noon.
All The grain The fowls will eat up
clean should he fed about five o'clock
In the afternoon in u liter of straw,
leaves, ~. plancr Snavings. which
should cover TIM poultry house floor.
A handful of grain To each ten hens
should he thrown IN the little after
the fowls have gone to roost 10 give
them exercise on leaving the perches
early IN the morning.
The scratch grains fed in the litter
may consist of any good commercial
scratch feed for sale on the market
or may consist Of one-part cracked
corn. nc.parl good heavy white oats, .
and unc-parl wheat screenings.
Ten hens property taken care of will
supply ample eggs for table purposes
for the average family of four
Grit, oyster shell. and srnnulaicd
should be kept in separate
dishes, So that the fowls can always
have free access to them. The grit
serves as teeth in maSticating the
feed: the oyster shell furnishes the
calcium carhunatc to enclose the edible
egg; the charcoal is to keep the fowls
in condition. Lettuce leaves. celery
tops. cabbage. turnips. and other sue
culunt vegetables also tend to keep
the fowls in good health and TO stimu-
late egg production.