220 PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODUCTION 



QUESTIONS 



1. Name some of the features that are essential for profitable 

 egg production. 



2. What two facts should be kept in mind when feeding for egg 

 production? 



3. Describe the development of the egg. 



4. What are the most common grain feeds fed to poultry? 



5. Mention some of the more common grain by-products usu- 

 ally found in mash feeds. 



6. What facts should be kept in mind when purchasing com- 

 mercial feeds? 



7. Discuss the importance of meat food in the ration. 



8. Mention several kinds of green feeds that can be fed. 



9. Describe the method of sprouting oats. 



10. Discuss the necessity of feeding charcoal, grit, and oyster 

 shell. 



11. Why is water so essential to hens? 



12. What are the three important elements found in feeds? What 

 part do they play in maintaining the body and producing the product? 



13. What is a balanced ration? 



14. What is the nutritive ratio? 



15. How is the nutritive ratio determined? 



16. Mention at least three of the rations recommended in this 

 chapter for egg production. 



17. How and when should a grain mixture be fed? 



18. Discuss two ways of feeding a mash mixture. 



19. How should hens be fed that show a tendency to become 

 too fat? What ration would you feed to such hens? 



20. About how much feed would you give daily to a pen of fowls 

 consisting of 2.5 hens and 1 male bird of the general-purpose breed? 



21. What is the object and purpose of artificially lighting poul- 

 try houses? 



22. What are the advantages of artificial lighting? 



23. During what time of the year are lights used? Why? 



24. What three plans are used as concerning the time lights 

 are turned on? What are the three methods of lighting? 



25. How should fowls in illuminated houses be fed? 



SUGGESTIONS 



1. As the principal purpose for which most fowls are kept is 

 for the production of eggs, endeavor to so manage your flock as to 

 secure a good egg yield. If fowls are to be kept, make them profitable. 

 The real pleasure in poultry after all is in the profit. 



2. By following the suggestions as given on pages 208 to 211 

 determine the nutritive ration of Rations Nos. i, 2, and 4. After 

 determining the quantity of feeds that you are now using for your 

 flock, figure out what the nutritive ratio will be. Does this conform 

 to the nutritive ratio as recommended for laying hens as given on page 

 207? 



3. Does your method of feeding differ materially from that de- 

 scribed on page 213? If you are not securing as good an egg yield 



