Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 279, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1919 — About Poultry Feeding [ARTICLE]

About Poultry Feeding

The high prices of grain this past year have caused marty poultry people, to try different feeds and feeding from what might be called standard feeding. From reports reaching the Pennsylvania department of agriculture and the observations of the poultry experts in its employ, these experiments in new or abbreviated feeding have mostly been a failure and have resulted in much poultry having made an unprofitable growth and being puny end stunted. ' , ■ A notable exception is the feeding of boiled oats, which feed, previously used by oipy a few poultry keepers, has become very popular, particularly among the larger poultry keepers having much feeding to do. Boiled oats are greedily eaten by chickens of all ages; make a good growing and a good laying feM and in results obtained or obtainable are proving to be the cheapest food that has been available the last six months. Boiled oats have largely.too,superseded the sprouted oats so much exploited a few years ago. as they are safer, a better and a less fussy feed. To prepare, soak good, heavy oats 12 hours or more (in hot weather or a warm room a fresh lot should be soaked dally), ' dissolve one tablespoonful of salt an each bucket of water used for this; boil two or three hours and so gauge the amount of water used for soaking that at the. finish the water is boiled away. Feed warm, but. not hot. White Leghorn pullets can have these boiled oats —tUdee dally, say. at 10 a. m. and 4. p. , old hens or heavyweight pullets, one feed a day is enough, and not too much at that, lest .they become too fat on this much-liked feed.