Prize Black Minorca Cockerel, Petaluma, Cal. 



of gain was less." This fact will more than balance the cost of meat meal or milk 

 in the food bill. Experts say that "a pound of protein in the form of meat appears 

 to be more valuable than a pound of protein in any other class of foods," and they 

 think that skimmed milk at fifteen to twenty cents per 100 pounds is "probably 

 the most desirable of all meat foods." But it should be remembered that it takes 

 about six pounds of skim milk to equal in protein value one pound of fresh lean meat. 



It is suggested that ten to fifteen per cent of the food dealt out each day 

 should be meat in some form. The main dependence will be beef scraps because 

 they keep well and have a large percentage of protein. 



Green cut bone is desirable for variety and a little, say one-fourth of an ounce 

 per day, may be allowed each hen in addition to other meat foods. 



Help the Layers 



Experiments at Cornell University have given us a pointer in respect to 

 grits. Grit is shown to have a two-fold function: it not only constitutes the mill 

 in the gizzard, or the burr stones of the mill grinding the food so that it may be 

 assimilated, but it also supplies lime in available form. The point to be noted is 

 that most of the grits on the market do not contain lime or have it in very limited 

 proportion. Hens will get grit to grind with and lime with which to make shells 

 on a free range, but both must be provided in yards. Lime must be in a form 

 which the fowl will use: as a free ranger she gets it from the hard shell of bugs or 

 the horny legs of grasshoppers; in the yard, crushed oyster shells, soft clam shells 

 and mortar serve for lime, but clean sharp grit is indispensable. 



This is but the alphabet of the hennery. But it is well to know the ABC 

 of the business. 



Separate the Layers 



This too is alphabetic, but it is one of the letters that help to spell success 

 in the poultry yard. You are after eggs for the general market and are not con- 

 cerned about their fertility. They will "keep" better if they are sterile or gerroless. 



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