34 $4223.00 PROFIT IN ONE YEAR 



more every week until they become accustomed to the whole grains. If 

 cracked corn and kafir corn can be obtained, feed a mixture of three 

 parts wheat, two parts cracked corn, and one part of kafir corn. This 

 will make excellent growing feed for them until they are four months 

 old, when any other grains may be added that can be secured in the 

 market, such as buckwheat, oats, barley and any other grains that the 

 chickens will eat. A good formula to go by is to use about SO percent 

 wheat where three kinds of grain are fed and 40 percent where more 

 than three kinds are used. This grain is small, easily digested, and is 

 rich in protein and mineral matter. Corn when fed alone has not enough 

 protein and too much fat. Buckwheat and barley are also rich in fat. 

 During the winter months corn ought to be fed in larger proportions and 

 should constitute at least SO percent of the feed during the cold weather. 



Green Food 



Green food should not be overlooked when chicks are small. In the 

 very early spring sprouted oats make a splendid green feed for them. 

 As soon as possible, sow a bed of oats, cover the top of it with one-inch 

 poultry netting, which should be placed about six inches from the ground. 

 The chicks will eat the tops off and they will grow up again; Take six- 

 inch boards and stand them around the edge of the bed, driving sticks 

 in the middle to keep the wire from sagging. The wire can be nailed 

 on the top end of the board, which will make a good arrangement for 

 this purpose. 



The little fellows prefer this green feed to anything that you can 

 furnish them, and it is always there for them to work on. By the time 

 the oats are through growing the chicks will be large enough to eat any 

 green feed that is' supplied them. 



As the chicks grow larger, it is important that they are furnished 

 with pknty of charcoal and grit of a larger size than the)- required when 

 they were smaller. The charcoal and grit can be secured in three sizes — 

 one size for the baby chick, a medium size for the growing chick, and a 

 large size for the matured fowl. Their winter quarters should be provided 

 with a hopper containing bran, beef scrap, oyster shell, grit and charcoal, 

 a section for each. During the winter months, when the hens are con- 

 fined, they should be fed green bone, about three pounds to a hundred 

 hens per day. Skimmed milk, curdled thick, makes a good substitute for 

 green bone. I get splendid results without feeding mashes. But mashes 

 are good if not too wet. A mash moistened with milk makes fine feed 

 for hens. To insure the proper amount of exercise during the winter 

 months, it is best to put the grains in litter and compel the hens to scratch 



