Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1917 — Be Careful of Moldy Ensilage—The Chickens May Get It. [ARTICLE]

Be Careful of Moldy Ensilage— The Chickens May Get It.

The following article taken from the Monticello Journal may serve to protect other poultry raisers from lOS&CS! “Mrs. James Million until a few weeks ago had a fine flock of hens numbering something over 250, which, considering the high price of poultry and eggs, miade quite a valuable item of property. But when the hens began eating mouldy ensilage that Mr. Million threw out of the silo they became sick and ait last reports only fifty were still ilving. Mirs. Million hopes that the news of her own bad luck may save some of her neighbors from a similar misfortune.