PRACTICAL FEEDING OF POULTRY 



or locally grown grains if possible, feeding at least two 

 grains, and in addition a mash of corn meal or corn chop 

 and bran or middlings mixed with milk if available or if 

 no milk is used, add 20 pounds of meat scrap or tankage 

 to 100 pounds of the mash in winter and 10 pounds in 

 summer. 



Some kind of meat scrap or milk is very essential dur- 

 ing the winter months and it pays to feed these products 

 throughout the year although they are not so essential 

 during the spring and summer if the fowls have a range 

 where they can pick up a considerable number of insects 

 and bugs. The use of a self-feeder for hogs has been a 

 great aid to poultry on general farms as they are also 

 able to get this hog feed thereby furnishing them suffi- 

 cient grain and tankage to make up for the feed lacking 

 on their range. 



Fowls on the average farm should be allowed free 

 range if possible as this range furnishes all the green 

 feed needed as well as a large amount of other feed and 

 at the same time keeps the poultry in the very best of 

 physical condition. Fence the garden and let the chickens 

 have free range. If possible keep the growing stock in a 

 separate place or at a considerable distance away from 

 the older hens so that the chickens will have a good 

 chance to make good growth. 



Place the poultry house where it will be as convenient 

 as possible without having it so near the house that the 

 fowls will become a nuisance around the home. Keep a 

 dry mash before the hens all of the time or feed a moist 



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