Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 2, Number 46, DeMotte, Jasper County, 30 March 1933 — Add Linseed Meal [ARTICLE]

Add Linseed Meal

Five per cent of linseed meal added to the mash is useful in promoting the growth of feathers and in adding luster to the plumage of fowls. More direct results can be obtained by preparing a linseed jelly. Just ordinary linseed--not the meal--is allowed to simmer slowly until it “jells.” Given in wet mash In small quantities, it benefits growing chickens or adults. The treatment should not be overdone since it may be the cause of crop trouble, it is claimed.