Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1915 — SECURING OF EGGS DURING THE WINTER [ARTICLE]

SECURING OF EGGS DURING THE WINTER

Good Results Secured at North Dakota Station by Following Fixed Feeding Rules. The securing of eggs in winter* depends a great deal on the feed. At the North Dakota experiment station the following has given good results: Morning feed —Whole wheat Noon —Bran mash with meat scraps or house scraps and some green food, as roots. Evening—Corn and oats mixed. It is also Important that the hens have grit as crushed granite, and crushed oyster shells to furnish lime tor shell making. The housing is important. too. The poultry house should be well lighted and well ventilated.