CHAPTER XXIII 



EGG FOODS, OR CONDITION POWDERS 



Recognizing that some of our readers may want to make their 

 own condition powders or egg makers, I will give a few that are as 

 good as the best. 



The base of all good condition powders for either animals or 

 poultry is flax seed meal, either in its raw state (pure) or after 

 having the oil taken out. It is then called "processed" and in my 

 estimation cannot amount to very much in food values. Venetian 

 red, so-called, is, properly speaking, red iron oxide, and will bring 

 eggs, of that there is no doubt, but it has some injurious effect on 

 hens, because after being fed to them they never lay as well again 

 without it, hence it must be very stimulative. 



Condition Powder No. 1 



Capsicum 1 pound 



Iron sulphate, powdered 1 pound 



Magnesium oxide 1 pound 



Venetian red 1 pound 



Sodium bi-carbonate 1 pound 



Sulphur 1 pound 



Powdered chalk 2 pounds 



Ground bone meal 2 pounds 



Ground oyster shell 5 pounds 



Charcoal 2 pounds 



Table salt 2 pounds 



Flax meal 10 pounds 



Have all the ingredients in fine powder form and fresh and keep 

 in tight cans. Mix two scant tablespoonfuls in moist mash enough 

 for twenty hens. 



Condition Powder No. 2 



Fine ground mustard 5 pounds 



Blood meal 10 pounds 



Powdered Fenugreek 2 pounds 



Saltpeter '. 4 ounces 



Powdered gentian root 2 pounds 



Ground ginger 4 ounces 



