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Answer. Cooked wheat should be fed at night if fed at all. 



Question. When should hot mash be fed? 



Answer. Hot mash should be fed at night. Make the chickens 

 warm up by exercise in the morning. If you feed the hot mash in 

 the morning they will go off and lie down the rest of the day. 



Question. How about feeding second grade oats or screenings to 

 chickens ? 



Answer. Do not feed second grade oats or fannings or screen- 

 ings. In spring a good way to feed oats is to take a basketful of oats 

 and soak them in warm water over night, spread them on trays in 

 racks and stir them once a day until you get a sprout one-eighth inch 

 long, then let them grow up in nice green matty sod. They will grow 

 quickly. Feed eight-inch square of that to each twenty-five hens, and 

 this makes a nice lot of green feed, and will take from five to nine 

 days to grow this from the time that you wet the oats, depending 

 upon the temperature of the room. 



Growing poultry in a cornfield. 



Question. How does the temperature affect the time of growth? 



Answer. The higher the temperature the quicker the growth. 



Question. How is the best way to proportion mixed feed, weight 

 or measure? 



Answer. The proper way to prepare mixed feed is by measure. 



Question. In what proportion should salt be fed to hens? 



Answ.er. Put in salt not to exceed one-half to one per cent. 



Question. How often should litter be changed for scratching 

 pens? 



Answer. Change litter as often as it is needed. Once in three 

 weeks is usually often enough, depending upon how thick birds are 

 and the kind of straw you are using for the litter. 



Question. What is the advantage or disadvantage of giving hot 

 water for drinking purposes in winter time? 



Answer. It does not make much difference whether cold or hot 

 water is given the fowls to drink in winter time. 



Question. What is the value of a stimulant? 



Answer. There is no value in a stimulant. Keep the hen busy. 

 Do not give her a chance to think about hunting for lice or pulling a 

 feather out of another hen's back. 



