Milford chronicle., 1928-09-07
FEEDING YOURSELF OUT
OF POULTRY BUSINESS

Poultry authorities agree that in
ternal parasites are the direct cause
for many ailments that attack our
fiocks and cause high mortality or
permanent injury. These of course
mean poor egg production and
sometimes total failure. However,
it is not always these parasites that
can be blamed for driving the poul-
tryman out of business.
1t has come to the writer's atten-
ton as an observer, and to thOus-
ands of successful poultrymen, that
proper feeding of scientifically
built ration will aid considerably to
do away with many flock ailments
that are hindering the progress of
good poultrymen.
Just as we try to properly nOur-
ish our children, so that they may
be made physically fit to resist dis
ease, so we should provide for our
fowls for the same purpose.
Too many beginners in the poul-
try business do not think they can
become full-fedged poultrymen un-
til they have mastered the science
of concocting their own rations. 1t
would be very interesting to know
the small proportion of such flock
owners that actually know the
chemical content of the egg that |
they are going to use this ration to |
make. 1 might ask the question
how are they going to make some
thing to produce the maximum
of eggs if they don't know
in the first place what the finished
product is composed of, or what it
takes to build up and maintain the
machine that makes the egg.
Too many flock owners are try
ing to build their feeds as cheaply
rs possible, figuring that they are
saving money. Such feeders are
producing poorly grown pullets that
ire late in reaching maturity, and
)ullets that are quite subject to
disease. In other words, instead of
iaving money, they are actually
eeding themselves out of business.
On the other hand, the trend of
he poultry industry is toward the
Detter grades of commercial feed |
This has been brought about through
he realization that the building of
eeds for the most profitable results
5 a science in itself, every bit as
as the building of
rugs, fertilizers, or paints. Natur-
lily, feeds that are scientifically l
uilt by trained specialists who
now how, are going to cost more Z
honey. Where the best grades of l
lgredients are used, and where \
ears of careful research work has !
cen carried on to secure perfect 9
alance for most profit to the feed q
r, feed of this kind will return 0
lie extra investment many times q
YER during longtime feeding o
'ial. t
At the very most it rarely takes I
ore than one extra egg in thirty "
lys to pay the difference of a very a
reap unbalanced and uniform home +
ixed ration and a high quality
ientifically built ration. The poul-
yman who keeps accurate cost
cords has learned this.
When we consider that a pullet
ust lay about eight eggs per Ii
OuJu W pay u6r maintenance, we X
alize what an extra couple eggs
# month means to us in dollars tt
i'd cents. To those who have never 81
,ured this, 1 would suggest that M
ey spend few profitable moments
ID do so. Figure on the basis of al
layers, and see what a couple N
ira eggs every thirty days will II
can to you in a years time. You
n safely figure eggs at &c each vi
r an average price throughout the W
ar.
To those who are contemplating tt
sding better quality ration, as a
eek alongside of their own, the pc
tier would suggest that the check wi
run for a period of one year. A 81
reful record of production, cost
production, condition of layers, ca
ickness of moult, and hatchabil- tt
. All of these important factors
ould be considered, as all tend an
ward profit or loss to the poultry ch
n. MI
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