Arizona republican., 1922-04-30

ton of a balanced feed they lost
money
Does this indicate there is any
thing in feed?
Difference Is in Feed
Now, what was the principal diff
ference in the feeding system which
turns a possible margin Of profit
into loss? The principal difference
is in the method of feeding. There
isn't much difference in the chemical
analysis of corn or wheat before and
after it is ground. Nature has pro-
yided the hen with a gizzard on pur-
pose for grinding her corn and wheat
iato-well, perhaps not exactly meal
but into very finely pulverized con-
dition that is as easily assimilated as
is the ground grains. Nature Cat
least here in the Salt, River valieS)
has made readily accessible to poul-
try growers tons and tons of natural
grit for the hens gizzards, as we said
last week. A hens time isn't worth
much, whether it is a setting hen or
not, and it seems logical enough that
if it is essential for the hen to ex-
ercise to scratch for her feed. it
ought also to be equally as desirable
to let the hen grind her own grain in
the mill that nature has provided.
Maybe it is logical, but at any rate
logic fails in practice.
Poultry men have been learning
a lot of late years that our grand
mothers knew. perhaps. by intuition.
Many successful poultry men-well,
may be it was poultry women, after
all-knew that they got better re-
suits by feeding a part of the grain
ground. Generally they fed 1t in the
form of a mash, a wet one. too.
They didn't know why, or care, any
why hot water and sunshine kept the
dairy utensils clean and pure. 1t
was enough for them to know that
it was a system that worked.
Scientists have not entirely solved
some problems yet as to the why's of
feeding, but all of them are pretty
well agreed that our grandmothers
were pretty wise women; that. of
course, is logical reasoning again.
for otherwise how else could've have
so many smart men today?
To Get Best Results
Practical poultrymen, and women
also, as well as the scientists, find
that better results are had, and by
results we mean, OF course, egg pro-
duction, as that is the primary OBJ
ject of keeping chickens; at any rate,
after one RECEIVERS from the first at
tack of the chicken fever-by feed
ing at least so. per cent of the total
weight of the food consumed in the
form of ground grains and some Kind
of animal food, such as beef scraps.
fish meal or sour milk. counting
about IL pounds of dry matter in 100
pounds of the milk.
There are certain elements in all
foods which the chemist is able to
separate and distinguish from other
elements of food. These principal
elements are protein. which is usually
the most expensive: carbohydrates
and fat We know that there is an
other Observation-Disclosures Is
essential, but as the bird that gets
plenty of green feed or plenty of sour
milk or both, has an abundance of
this food element, we do not worry
any more about that than we do
about the human getting his share of
vitamines if he consumes a fair
amount of eggs and dairy products.
These scientist sharps say that
laying hens should have a ration
that is balanced in about the pro-
portion Of Ia, and by that they mean
that the analysis of the digestible
matter in the feed should be in about
the proportion of one part of protein
to four parts of carbohydrates and
fat, giving the fats a lead of two and
a half times the value of the carbo-
hydrates. The two latter elements
are usually termed heat or energy
elements, the fat having two and a
half times the kick in this respect
that plain carbohydrates have.
Most of us are like our grandmoth-
ers. only interested in results, and as
these proportions have been found to
produce very satisfactory results, all
we have to do is to find the right
kind of feeds that will mix in the
right kind of a blend to have the
proper nutritive ratio. To do even
this requires some figuring and some
close calculations, and many do not
care to take the trouble to do even
this, especially when there are many
formulas that have been very care
fully worked out and which have
proved to be o, K.
Formula No. 10
Here is the formula that is known
as No. 10, the kind of mix that the
birds in pen four at the Glendale sta
tion did not get last year and that
they are getting this year. 1t was