Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1918 — FOR THE POULTRY GROWER. [ARTICLE]

FOR THE POULTRY GROWER.

Corn, when it is just ripening and passing through the dough stage into the more hardened condition, if fed to chickens causes a loose condition of the bowels, and if no other food is given, the birds are forced to eat this kind of feed and digestive troubles will follow. The flock in its ranging about the farm at this time of year may, unbeknown to you, get some of this corn, and may show the symptoms at present. The first indications should be a warning, and the birds, if necessary, should be confined. If a good ration is fed, however, twice per day —that is, morning and night, and in sufficient quantities, the birds will not eat enough to do them any harm. Either one of the above methods will help to keep the flock out of trouble of this kind. The easiest way is to give them sufficient hard grain morning and night to satisfy their appetites. ' '