248 POULTRY BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT 



poultrymen feed it regularly. It may be kept in a box or 

 hopper where the fowls can eat it at will. Salt is an aid to 

 digestion. It may be fed at the rate of about an ounce or 

 two ounces per day to one hundred hens. 



Pepper is stimulating and should not be fed except in 

 very small amounts. Hens in good health do not need it. 

 It is sometimes useful in case of sickness in the flock. If 

 the flock should be afflicted with colds a little red pepper 

 may be mixed in the soft feed. 



