54 9&9 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 



QUESTION How long should the mash food be left before the 

 fowls ? 



ANSWER If they do not empty the troughs in fifteen minutes 

 take the balance of the food from them. 



QUESTION Will green cut bone answer for grit? 

 ANSWER No. 



QUESTION Are potato parings good for fowls? 

 "ANSWER They do fairly well if boiled and chopped fine or 

 mixed in the mash. 



QUESTION When fowls have access to grapevines and eat the 

 green grapes will it retard laying? 

 ANSWER No. 



QUESTION Should meat foods be fed to chicks from the start? 

 ANSWER It is better to wait till they are about two weeks old. 



QUESTION What effect does the feeding of sour or moldy food 

 have? 



ANSWER It causes serious bowel disorders. 



QUESTION How soon in the morning should fowls receive 

 their first meal? 



ANSWER As soon as they leave the perches. 



QUESTION What arrangement would you suggest for feeding 

 fowls the first feed of the day, if it is not possible for the keeper to 

 see them till very late every morning? 



ANSWER Scatter the proper quantity of grain in the litter at 

 night after the fowls have gone to roost. They will find it in the 

 morning when they leave the perches. 



QUESTION What would you advise sowing in the yards for 

 green food in early spring? 

 ANSWER Oats and rape. 



QUESTION Will fowls fatten as well on an all dry food ration 

 as they will by feeding mash foods ? 

 ANSWER No. 



QUESTION Is it a good idea to bury the grain in spaded earth 

 and compel the fowls to scratch for it? 



ANSWER No. Feed it in clean straw or other litter. Much of 

 it is lost when buried in the earth. 



