Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1917 — POINTS FOR POULTRY RAISER [ARTICLE]

POINTS FOR POULTRY RAISER

A little salt in the mash food during the winter is an advantage, though not enough should be used to make it taste salty. ; e All of the kitchen and table waste is good for the fowls, unless it contains a lot of salt, and it may be fed mixed in the mash or merely as scraps, in a trough at mid-day. A good way to find out what the requirements of? well-bred fowls are, is to visit a poultry show aqd study the exhibits, talk with the exhibitors and question the judge. i Although damaged grain, sweepings, .screenings, etc., can be bought for comparatively low prices sometimes, they are not an economical food because they contain so little available food that will nourish the hen and make eggs. It is the abuse and not the use of corn that condemns it as a poultry food. • The keeping and cafS of a flock of pure-bred birds is a pleasure, where the keeping and care of a flock of mixed birds is a task. 5 Do hot feed more food of any kind ’ in troughs or in the scratching litter than the fowls will eat up in a reasonable time, because any that remains is likely to spoil and be a detriment to the fowls as well as a waste to the owner. .