ON A TOWyS LOT 41 



Housing for Egg Production 



When you have secured your pullets with the inherited tendency to 

 lay large numbers of eggs, you have only begun. These pullets have to 

 be carefully tended until they reach the creative stage and then they must 

 receive the treatment that will bring the egg-laying tendency to its finest 

 fruition and this means proper housing and proper feeding. Keep the 

 ground free from taint and open to the action of the air and sun. Keep 

 the houses scrupulously clean and nest-boxes inviting with fresh hay or 

 straw. These things matter very much ! 



Feeding for Egg Production 



There certainly is no mystery about the problem of feeding the right 

 sort of food in the proper proportions to encourage heavy egg yield. The 

 ratio of albuminoids to carbohydrates should be as one in five. The albu- 

 minoids make flesh — eggs ! Carbohydrates supply the heating energy. One 

 way of working out the question in terms of food is as follows : — One 

 pound bran, one middlings, one maize meal, one fish meal and one half 

 clover meal. One of soya-bean meal may be added when not too expen- 

 sive. As I have said, these nieals may be given moistened with warm 

 water or fed dry, just as they are, but in that case the dry mixture must 

 be fed out of a specially constructed box called a hopper. 



Green bone, fresh from the butcher's, as a part of the food — say one- 

 third — on every alternate day, encourages pullets to lay quickly — but be 

 careful about "forcing" the bird. Sprouted/ oats or sprouted wheat are 

 economical feeds and excellent aids to hen fruit. 



Next in importance to food for egg-yield, is the supply of water. 

 Without water there would be no egg and no fowl. Don't keep hens 

 waiting one moment to drink! If the hen has to wait a long time, the 

 potential egg may vanish and where two eggs would have been laid, with 

 ample liquid available, only one will materialize. Keep plenty of fresh, 

 clean water before your hens. 



Four important reasons why a constant supply of fresh water should 

 be kept before laying hens, are as follows : 

 1 — Water is used to soften food for digestion. 

 2 — Water, in the form of blood, acts as a common carrier and keeps the 



body vigorous. 

 3 — Water constitutes about 7S percent of the egg. 

 4 — Water is very important in equalizing the temperature of the hen's body. 



