50 POULTRY FOODS 



so much looseness of the bowels of the fowls that their 

 health will be injured. Kale and Swiss chard can be 

 used in the same way as cabbages. 



Apples. No other fruit is more plentiful nor so gener- 

 ally eaten as are apples. They are liked by poultry, 

 and little chicks may be taught to eat them raw. Wher- 

 ever sweet apples abound they can be cut up into small 

 pieces and fed raw to little chicks. They may be sliced 

 in root cutters and fed to fowls of all ages. When 

 cooked and mixed with meals they are eaten greedily 

 by livestock of all kinds. Apples and apple peelings 

 cut into small pieces, cooked into a thin sauce, and 

 mixed with meals are good feed for laying hens. 



Carrots. For feeding of poultry, there ' is no more 

 desirable root crop than carrots. The tops are relished 

 by the fowls; and they are a succulent green feed for 

 them. The roots may be fed raw to fowls of all kinds, 

 both young and old. Raw carrots fed freely to laying 

 hens are likely to impart color to the yolk and flavor to 

 the egg. When cooked before feeding they impart but 

 little color to the yolk and no flavor to the egg. Carrots 

 contain a large percentage of water. The solids con- 

 tained in them are mostly digestible. Boiled carrots 

 mixed with meals are an excellent mash feed for lay- 

 ing hens. 



Pumpkins. For some reason there is an impression 

 that pumpkins are not good feed for cows, hogs, or 

 poultry. There does not seem to be any good reason for 

 such a belief. Although pumpkins are not an excellent 

 ration alone either for milk or egg production, they can 

 be used for feeding to poultry of all kinds and to laying 

 hens to good advantage. Pumpkins that are frozen or 

 partly frozen are detrimental to the health of poultry if 

 eaten raw; if cooked and mixed with meal they may 

 be safely eaten but they are not so good for feed as 

 when they are in good condition. For feeding to poultry, 

 the pumpkins should be thoroughly cooked, stirred into 

 a mash, and dried off with meals, in which condition 

 they can be fed plentifully. 



