Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03

county in pursuit of my duties
am often asked the question,
What must | feed my hens to
N Ike them lay? AS matter of
fact feeding for egg production
is very simple yet it is surprising
to find how few people seem to
understand it. In the great ma
1orltY of cases entirely too much
corn is being fed. Corn is valu-
able feed and is very necessary
part of the ration but we CAM not
reasonably expect a large egg
production unless we feed a ia ton
shat contains about the same
number yolks as whites. In one
hundred pounds of corn there is
sufficient amount Of materia
tor the production of 255 yolks
but only 135 whites, in the case
Of corn the whites are the limit
ing factors because hen does
not lay yolk unless she has
white to cover it with. On the
other hand one hundred pounds Of
beet scraps contains a sufficient
amount Of ma teria1 for the pro-
duction of 1l07 whites but only
100 yolks, thus it can be very
readily seen that a combination
OF feeds will give very much bet
ter results than any one feed. L
could figure out a number of ra-
lions if space permitted me to do
so but it is not at all necessary
when we already have one that
is giving splendid results. 1t is
as follows: l bushel Of wheat, Ill
buShel Of cracked corn and bu
ot oats by measure. Dry mash
50 pounds of wheat bran, 50 Id
OF wheat middlings, so pounds
of corn meal and Is pounds OF
beet scraps. The scratch feed |
should be- fed i'll a deep litter
feeding about ane third of the
daily allowance III the morning
and the remainder in the alter
noon. The dry mash should be |
fed in a feeder where the hens
can have access to It At ali times |
Mr.. Clarence c. FraveI, who
lives west OF Woodstock, is using |
this ration and l d III giving be |
low record of his flock before
and after using d balanced ration
In January 1921, | visited Mr.. |
travels place and found that he
had very nice flock of Barred |
Rocks and was doing fairly wei |
with them considering how the, |
were being fed. Mr.. Fravel was |
feeding about as the average
farmer feeds, corn Composing the
greater part of the ration. Alter
with him about poultry
management for a while | advised |
him to use the ration previously
mentioned. He agreed to do tn ) |
and said that he would keep d |
record Of the number of egg s
gathered and compare his 1921
record with his 1920 record. He
did this and on the 18th. of Jan
just past he brought ME his re-
port which is as follows: Egg re
cord tor 1920, Jan 50 Il duz
Feb. SO doz., March ia | 3 doz.
April 100 doz., Nav III 2 doz..
June 90 doz.; July % doz.; Aug
591-2 doz.; Sep 81 IL doz.; Oct. |
u doz Nov. II doz.; aud Dec. 22I
dozen.
Egg record for 1921, Jan. 10
"a doz.; Feb. IFS IL doz.; Mar.
229 doz April 200 doz.; May 2O2|
doz.; June l9I doz.; July l16 doz i
Aug. 1903 IL doz.; Sept. 90 dcz..
Oct. 81 IL doz. Nov. 81 II and
Decembes IS dozen. If these
figures are added up it will be
found that this flock of $50 hens
produced in 1920 $50 IL dozens
of eggs under average farm feed
ing while the same number of
hens IN 1921 being fed balanced
ration produced 1881 Sd dozens
of eggs, difference Of 6311 IA
dozens which is attributed en-
tirely to better methods of feed
ing. B. \. WARR1NFR
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