CHAPTER IV 



LIVESTOCK FOR THE GARDEN HOME 



IN earlier pages the claims of various kinds of small 

 livestock logically pertaining to the home in a 

 garden have been set forth from the standpoint 

 of so many elements entering into the luxurious table. 

 Something has been said of methods as related to the 

 small holding, since it would not be feasible to keep 

 chickens, for example, as they are usually kept on the 

 farm. The true garden home is a condensed farm, to 

 the extent of supplying many things for family use: 

 and livestock must be housed and fed in accordance 

 with this principle. 



Housing methods have been touched upon in preced- 

 ing pages. In dealing with these and also with rations 

 for chickens, squabs, rabbits and goats, I have 

 followed formulas supplied by the Government, or 

 drawn upon the experience of persons with whose work 

 I am familiar, and whom I know to have been especially 

 successful. There are, of course, many different ways 

 of housing and feeding hens. Elsewhere I have spoken 

 of Charles Weeks and his methods of housing. His 

 suggestions for feeding laying hens are as follows : 



Dry Mash: 4 parts cracked wheat; 1 part medium 

 cracked corn (Indian corn or maize) ; 1 part good qual- 

 ity dried-beef scrap; *4 part soy bean meal (coarse 



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