FEEDING FOR WINTER EGGS IT 



the twelve by forty-eight space in the wall open all win- 

 ter with but a thickness of burlap tacked over it. 



We do not believe in soft feed in this climate. We 

 have no fixed ration but feed a variety, comprising oats, 

 wheat, barley, a little corn, mangels, cabbage, rutabagas, 

 clover and scraps from the table. At times we feed the 

 grain mixed and then again separate. We feed three 

 times a day, usually oats in the morning, wheat at noon 

 and barley or oats and corn mixed at night. We also- 

 throw in some millet occasionally. We feed all our grain 

 in a liberal supply of straw which is exchanged for clean 

 as soon as it gets dirty. We fed green cut bone or meat 

 scraps two or three times a week and some charcoal. We 

 keep grit and oyster shell always before the fowls as well 

 as a dust bath with some sulphur sprinkled in it. We 

 never use any medicines or condiments as We very seldom 

 have an ailing fowl, and when we do we use the hatchet. 

 We clean the dropping-boards on a certain day every 

 week. 



With this kind of care we get a goodly number of eggs^ 

 every day all winter. Lots of sunlight, pure air, water, 

 and plenty of exercise, together with plenty of food in a- 

 reasonable variety will make most any hens lay in winter, 

 provided they are from a laying strain. Don't be afraid 

 of feeding too much to lajdng hens; it requires food to 

 make eggs but be sure to give plenty of grit and avoid toO' 

 much corn. 



Fresh Air, Exercise, and Cut Green Bone are Important 



Features in This Poultryman's Method. 



By Alfred A. Zietner. 



The question asked by poultrymen at this season, seems: 

 to be, "How shall I house, feed and care for my hens to 

 get the best results in winter eggs?" When cold weather 

 sets in eggs are high in price and some people wonder 

 because their hens don't lay; but they may take it for 

 granted that such instances are always the results of wrong 



