St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-01-21

of Louisiana realize in dollars and
cents from their chickens Start
the year right by keeping an egg
record, feeding record, and hatch
ing record.
'~@ Poultry Demonstrators.
There are approximately $50 poul-
try demonstrators in twenty-five Of
the reading poultry parishes of the
state. These demonstrators are re-
celV1ng the concentrated efforts of the
Extension Poultry Department in CO.
operation with the parish and home
demonstration agents.
A series OF demonstrations on
seasonaDle work is being held at the
nome OF each OF these demonstrators
once each three or four months. The
demonstrations which are being Civ
gu at present are on Mating and
breedlng.' II poultry raising is to
oecome an industry in Louisiana il
IS very necessary that much atten-
ton De given to breeding for a com
Dlnatlon OF high egg production and
standadr qualities.
Inc demonstrations on selecting
the birds for the breeding pen are be-
ing given SO that you can use the
same principles in mating your birds
Call or write. your parish or. home
demonstration 's agent to ascertain
where the poultry demonstrations in
your parish will be held.
New Poultry Text.
Every person raising poultry in
Louisiana should take for his text
match early" or, what is bette,
match ROW. Preach the text ana
also 90 not forget to practice it.
Late Matching costs the ponltrv
ra1sers OF Louisiana thousands ami
thousands OF dollars each year. The
past year a number of poultry raisers
llad chicken pox and roup and the
sore mead among their chickens. IN
pract1cally every case it was the late
matched birds that were affected.
Make the Hens Lay.
Make the hens lay whether thew
want to or not. Give them the food
tnat It takes to make eggs and they
Will Just have to lay in spite Of them
serves. 1t is foolish to think that
the hen can make an egg without tho
material from which ato make if.
row many housekeepers could make
biscuit without some -four, baking
powder or soda, and other materials?
HOW many men could build a barn
without lumber? Then why do Won
expect the hen to lay eggs without
material to make the eggs?
II pays we'll in dollars and cents
TO give the hens the proper kind of
FOODS. Statistics gathered from sc
poultry raisers in Louisiana show
that the average percentage of egg
production where grain alone was fed
was ~ per cent, where greed feed
ana dry mash was fed in addition to
mixture of cracked grain the PEI
centage OF egg production was IS
per cent, or an increase of 81 per
cent. Should you have 100 hens m
increase Of Il per cent would be 81
more eggs every day. The extra 81
eggs would pay for the mash ana
green feed, and in addition wouli
pay an extra good profit.
Eggs are high in price and to get
the maximum in egg production thru
the winter months, conditions must
be made as nearly ideal, spring-like
as possible. If you would make your
poultry profitable, start feeding By
the following feeding outline:
Grain-Equal parts by measure,
cracked corn and feed oats. If kaffir
corn, sorghum seed, sunf1oWer seed.
cracked rice, etc, is available, use
oHe-thlrd each. The greater the va
rlety the better the results will be.
Grain should be fed preferably in
deep litter morning and night, one
pint OF grain to each ten birds is
about the right ratio in addition to
the following mash:
Dry Mash-Wheat bran Is lbs.
wheat shorts Or middling 20 lbs,
corn meal rs lbs., meat scrap % lbs.
medium oyster shell 3 lbs, medium
charcoal h., fine table salt / lb.
When compromising dry mash, mix
thoroughly. If preferred rice polish
can be substituted for corn meal.
Dry mash should be fed in self-feet1-
ing hoppers Or slatted-top boxes.
AAo1C oAeuiu DC kept Ill place pro-
tected from the sun and rain and
where the mash will not become
damp and mouldy. Keep the hoppers
open and filled every day in the year,
Sundays and holidays included.
II the ingredients Of this masn
are not at your local feed store, you
can purchase same from any large
feed or poultry supply store in near
by town or city. If you do not know
the address of one of these dealers,
ask your agent or write this office
where to order these feeds. Meat
scraps can be ordered in different
sized sacks.
Green Feed.
To round out properly balanced
ration, poultry must have an abund-
ance of green feed. This can be
supplied in the form of garden greens
cabbage, lettuce or which is much
better, access to patch of rye or
oats near the poultry house.
Have you a Poultry Club member
in your home?