14 A REVOLUTION IN EGG PRODUCTION 



Broadly speaking what are necessary to feed are the 

 following: 



A variety of grains for the fowls to choose 

 from. 



A good dry mash, consisting of clover or 

 alfalfa meal, bran or middlings, beef or fish scrap 

 (or both) ground oats, cornmeal, linseed meal, 

 etc. 



Good sharp grit. 



Oyster shells to supply lime. 



Charcoal, 



Beef scraps. 



Green feed of some kind. 



Water. 



Buckwheat and sunflower seeds will be valuable to have 

 on hand, as extra feeds, and will be relished by the fowls, 

 especially in winter. They seem to enjoy these feeds in 

 greater quantities than they are generally found, in the com- 

 mercial mixed grains. 



Feeding must be governed more or less by the breed 

 handled. The active breeds, such as Leghorns, can use a 

 greater proportion of fattening foods than the heavier breeds, 

 without getting out of condition. 



Green feed and its furnishing is one of the greatest prob- 

 lems, especially to the city dweller or suburbanite. 



One has no right to trouble one's neighbors by allowing 

 their poultry to run loose over their lawns or gardens. ]\Iis- 

 chief done in this manner by the fowls can not be made good ; 

 and such results are not conducive to neighborly good feeling. 



If attention is paid to this matter, however, fowls can be 

 confined in small yards the whole year, without bothering the 

 neighbors and without suffering from lack of green foods. 



Cabbage, yellow turnips, rutabagas, or beets, etc., can be pur- 

 chased anywhere, and these are relished by the fowls. In a 

 large plant, it will pay to grind up such vegetables as beets 

 and turnips and feed them in the mash. 



Sprouted oats is king of green foods for poultry, and noth- 

 ing is so much relished by them. Good oat sprouters can be 

 made or purchased. Oats can be sprouted in every season of 



