JANUARY 1, 1914 



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Apiary of J. H. Warner & Son, Middleburgh, N. Y 



utes, which causes more singing and scratch- 

 ing, and the hens will go to roost with a full 

 crO'P, which is very desirable, because this is 

 the proper time for the digestion of a grain 

 ration, since it maintains a healthy action 

 of the digestive organs during the night, 

 keeping the blood warm and the fowl com- 

 fortable. 



Economical feeding depends upon the 

 amount of food digested rather than on the 

 amount consumed, hence green vegetable 

 food must be libei-ally supplied, preferably 

 in the form of mangolds, cabbage, and fine- 

 cut clover. Granulated charcoal, granulated 

 bone, grit, and oyster-shells should also be 



kept constantly before 

 the fowls in separate 

 hoppers. It has been 

 demonstrated that this 

 system of feeding will 

 maintain health arid 

 vital energy during a 

 protracted period of 

 high-pressure feeding. 

 Fowls require more 

 water in proportion to 

 weight than other do- 

 mestic animals; hence 

 a liberal supply should 

 be kept constantly be- 

 fore them, preferably 

 in a large container 

 fitted with a drip fau- 

 cet regulated to the 

 amount they will take 

 without running over 

 the trough, and should 

 be tempered with hot water during extreme- 

 ly cold weather. 



FEED-HOPPERS. 



Manifold are the hoppers that do not 

 hop, and legion is the name for those that 

 hop so fast that an industrious hen will 

 ingeniously hook the contents out upon the 

 lloor with her beak in search of choice bits 

 that are always found in dry-mash feed; 

 hence such feeds should be ground exceed- 

 ingly fine. We overcame this waste of feed 

 material by using a hopper that does not 

 hoj), but always remains wide open, and 

 defies the most energetic hen to waste a 

 morsel of its contents. Here it is : Make a 



Warner's poultry and bee yard corobined. 

 grass down. 



The chickens have the run of the apiary, helping to keep the 



