SUCCESSFUL POULTRY KEEPING 



pure, fresh water at all times. Charcoal is my condition powder. 

 A. 28. Adult stock I feed dry foods three times daily. 

 Will try hopper feeding. 



H. E. BENEDICT, Horseheads, N. Y. 



BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCK SPECIALIST 



A. 27. AU kinds of whole grain in litter. Green cut bone 

 when I can get it; if I can't get green bone I use beef scrap, or 

 use together clover, cabbage, beets, onions, and most anything 

 they Uke. Keep grit and oyster shell before them all the time. 

 I want lots of open fresh air work for them. 



A. 28. Whole grain in litter, making them work for what 

 they get, the same as breeding stock. I have found twice a day 

 enough, if you have sufficient straw to make them work. 



ARTHUR G. DUSTON, So. Framingham, Mass. 



WHITE WYANDOTTE SPECIALIST 



A. 27. I miake up a dry mash and this is hopper fed, and 

 at night I feed a ration of ha,rd grains, usually one-third each, 

 cracked com, wheat and oats, in the litter. I raise mangels 

 which are before them most of the time and cut clover or alfalfa 

 is fed daily. 



S. J. McQUILLIANDE, Metuchen, N. J. 



WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCK SPECIALIST 



A. 27. I feed twice a day, wheat, oats, barley and corn, 

 also green bone. 



W. R. GRAVES, Springfield. Mass. 



WHITE WYANDOTTE SPECIALIST 



A. 27. A mixture of grains, beef scrap, charcoal, grit 

 and oyster shell. 



A. 28. Twice a day. 



J. W. PARKS, Altoona, Pa. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK SPECIALIST 



A. 27. We, of course, feed only clean, wholesome grain; 

 in fact, the best of food and care are none too good for our birds. 

 At present (November) we are feeding oats in Utter for break- 

 fast. We prefer to feed oats at this time, because while oats 

 is one of our best bone, muscle and egg making foods, being high 

 in protein, as a general rule it is hard to get chickens to eat oats, 

 so we give it to them for breakfast, as this is the meal when they 

 have the strongest appetite. Wheat or barley for dinner; for 

 supper com and wheat. We have dry mash in front of them in 

 hoppers at all times. Our mash is composed of six parts com 

 chop, two parts oats chop, two parts middlings, two parts wheat 

 bran, one part meat meal. We also add a Uttle flaxseed meal, 

 charcoal, salt and clover, short cut. 



A. 28. We have no iron-clad rules for feeding our stock. 

 As to what and how we feed, we are governed by the weather, 

 the condition of the birds we are feeding, etc. We, of course, 

 see that they get a ration for winter that contains a little more 

 carbohydrates, or fat and heat-forming foods. We keep our 

 mash before them in hoppers at all times, but make them work 

 for their grain in Utter in the scratching shed. This is not so 

 necessary where our chickens have range. 



C. H. WYCKOFF, Aurora, N. Y. 



S. C. WHITE LEGHORN SPECIALIST 



A. 27. A good variety of the various grains obtainable, 

 a little meat food of some kind, green grass, clover, or vegetables 

 daily. 



A. 28. Same as above. Feed three times a day. 



W. L. DAVIS, WILLOW BROOK FARM, 



Berlin, Conn. 



BREEDER OF S. C. BUFF, BLACK AND WHITE ORPINGTONS 



A. 28. Our adult stock is fed twice each day at the pre- 

 sent time. Their food consists entirely of oats, wheat and 

 barley. We feed but little com as this has a tendency to fatten 

 our stock, and we do not get the best results from same. 



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