78 FEEDING OF FOWLS 



for feeding to growing cockerels or pullets that are not 

 doing well. It is equally fine for feeding to pullets 

 within a month of laying. When fed plentifully to 

 young stock it will fatten them quickly for market. 

 When feeding for quick growth for market, feed all they 

 will eat of it twice a day, with a heavy feeding of 

 cracked corn at night. When feeding for growth of pul- 

 lets, feed all they will eat of it at noon. This mash 

 should be fed as an extra meal; in all cases feed all 

 they will eat up clean. A plentiful supply of green feed 

 must be fed with bread-and-milk mixture. 



Cleansing Mixture. Laying hens that are plentifully 

 fed on concentrated feed should occasionally have a 

 cleansing mixture of some kind fed in their ration. A 

 mixture may be made of 8 oz. of Epsom salts and 8 oz. 

 of flowers of sulphur mixed thoroughly; this should be 

 added to 6 qt. of dry mash and all mixed thoroughly. 

 Sufficient of this for one feeding should be moistened 

 with milk or water and fed to the laying hens once 

 every two or three weeks or after a spell of very hot 

 or very wet weather. It will relieve the intestines and 

 expel intestinal worms, if any are present. The mixture 

 should not be fed oftener, nor should more be used, than 

 is here recommended. 



FEEDING OF TURKEYS 



Poults should have nourishing food in small particles 

 so that they will be able to digest it properly. No sour 

 3r fermented food, chopped green bone, raw meat, or 

 large quantities of millet seed, cottage cheese, or wet or 

 sloppy foods should ever be fed to poults. Poults require 

 plenty of grit and fresh water. 



A ration of stale bread crumbs and a ration made up 

 of equal parts of stale bread crumbs, finely chopped 

 hard-boiled eggs, and dandelion leaves, fed alternately, 

 is a good method of feeding poults. 



Turkeys on a range plentifully supplied with natural 

 foods that they like will need much less feeding than 



