Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 207, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1918 — Corn a Fattening Feed. [ARTICLE]

Corn a Fattening Feed.

Corn is heating and fattening, and when fed to closely confined fowls in large quantities fat rather than eggs is the usual result. For laying hens itshould be balanced with meat, bone,, linseed, gluten and such feeds as are; rich in nitrogenous matter, for corn is deficient in this constituent When corn is fed'to laying hens that have opportunity to take plenty of exercise and to secure insects and green feed, much more satisfactory results are likely to be obtained than when It is fed to the same fowls closely confined. It may be fed quite largely in the coldi climates during winter, but should bqi fed sparingly during summer. '