Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1916 — The Poultry Yard [ARTICLE]

The Poultry Yard

Keep the dust bev supplied with nice clean dust, and see that the grit box is never empty.— As the new corn ■jets dry and hard it is safe to feed more than when it was soft and green. It is more easily digested and gives better results. Never feed meat scraps that were made of rotten meat. Good, pure feed is the only thing that ever ought to be fed to a fowl of any kind. If it possibly can be done clean up the droppings each day. It is work that well repays one. Never allow this cleaning to be delayed longer than a week. Leaving the birds to fight their own battles against lied and other enemies may save some work, but It will cost ? come eggs; and eggs are worth money these days. Do not delay any longer the Job of culling out the poor stock. It Is a mistake to keep even a single unprofita hie fowl. Have the stock up in qualityrathqn, than quantity. As the weather grows colder in crease the supply of corn. It is a heat ing food. But never feed It alone. A good gfain mixture for winter is two partß whole corn, one part each when* and oats; all well mixed.