A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



The usual troubles assailing poultry on 

 general farms come from the feeding of 

 only one of any of these elements; so poor 

 Biddy has to eat all flesh and no warmth, or 

 all fat and no flesh. Kill a bird that has been 

 fed on corn only, and it will be heavy with 

 layers of internal fat, but showing a very poor 

 depth of breast meat. Balancing rations 

 trying to equalize flesh, fat (warmth), and 

 mineral is not a very hard proposition when 

 the values of even a few grains and plants 

 are realized. 



Having read so far, you will now realize 

 that clover hay, linseed meal, bran, wheat, 

 oats, beef scraps, and skimmed milk con- 

 tain almost all the equivalents for summer 

 weather food. The addition, therefore, of 

 corn, buckwheat, or rye in cold weather 

 are safe and simple if given only as warmth 

 makers. Never allow the proportion to 

 exceed what is needed for that purpose, or 

 fat will be made and stored internally, neu- 

 tralizing all your other care. In other words, 



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