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7ht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 11, 1922 
AskYour Local Dealer 
To Tell You How You Can 
lake a Handsome Savinaffira 
protein, in which Alfalfa is relatively rich, sufficient in number to injure the fowls, 
but to add juiciness or succulence to the they may be Rotten rid of b.v giving each 
ration and aid appetite and digestion, individual bird from one to two teaspoons 
Cabbage, apples and other vegetables that of spirits of turpentine mixed with an 
are eaten raw by the fowls are in the equal quantity of some simple oil, or the 
same class of foods with mangels. Steamed flock ruay be given the tobacco treatment 
cut Alfalfa or clover would more nearly frequently described in these columns, 
replace mangels and would be cheaper v M. B. D. 
than Alfalfa meal, the expense of grind¬ 
ing the latter making it a rather expen¬ 
sive poultry food. Even dry clover or 
Alfalfa hay will he eaten in considerable 
amounts by fowls in the Winter, and is, 
of course, much cheaper than the Alfalfa 
meal. There is nothing harmful about 
Alfalfa, but it has a high liber content, 
and cannot replace ground grain foods in 
a laying ration, though it may be made a 
supplement to them. At. B. i>. 
The Henyard 
Precocious Laying 
I have four White Leghorn pullets 
that were five months old September 4, 
and they started to lay August 28, and 
have missed but one day since. Is that 
a good record? Some of them lay every 
day. I keep them shut up, with one 
rooster. Would you advise raising some 
chickens from them next Spring? 
Pennsylvania. c. o. r. 
Leghorn pullets may be made to lay 
at four months of age, but they should be 
at least five months old before egg pro¬ 
duction begins. Those that are hatched 
early and brought rapidly to maturity 
are very apt to lay a few eggs in the Fall 
and then go into a molt that stops pro¬ 
duction until the following Spring. If 
I desired to raise chicks from these pul¬ 
lets next Spring I should give them all 
the liberty possible from now on, as close 
confinement will be apt to lessen the 
vitality of the eggs from them and make 
raising their chicks difficult. At. B. D. 
No. 1 
20% Protein, 
300 lbs. Bran 
200 lbs. 43% Cottonseed 
Meal 
100 lbs. Gluten Feed 
500 lbs. Sugared 
Schumacher Feed 
Geese at Pasture 
No. 2 
17% Protein 
300 lbs. Gluten Feed 
100 lbs. Bran 
300 lbs. Sugared 
Schumacher Feed 
kept heavily bedded with fresh oat straw. 
The feeder sits on a box in one corner of 
the pen, holds the goose between his legs 
and stuffs it with noodles. It is well to 
begin feeding from three to five noodles 
three limes daily and gradually increase 
to six or seven noodles five times daily' at 
four-hour intervals. The noodles are 
made of scalded corn meal, ground oats, 
ground'bodey and ground wheat or wheat 
flour, using about equal parts of each. 
Add salt as for bread, thoroughly mix 
the feed and put it through a sausagr 
stuffer, cutting the product into pieces 
2to 3 in. long. Foil them for 10 to 
1.1 minutes, or until they flout, in a wash- 
boiler containing a wire rack which 
stands J V> in. above the bottom of the 
boiler. Dip the noodles in cold watel¬ 
and roll in flour to keep them from 
sticking together. Four hot water over 
the noodles just before they are to be 
fed. Thig makes them slippery and 
keeps them warm. The number of noodles 
fed depends upon the size and condition 
of the bird and the judgment of the 
feeder. The noodles are put Into the 
mouth, one at a time, and worked down 
with the hand on the outside of the neck. 
If any can be felt at the next feeding 
time, no more are given at that time; 
otherwise the bird will go off its feed. 
Keep clean drinking water before them at 
all times. The young ganders are usually 
used for this special fattening, also old 
ganders and old geese which are not to 
la- kept for breeding purposes. A parti¬ 
tion should extend half way across the 
pen to keep the geese separate as they 
are fed. The pen must be kepi dark, for 
any excitement will chum- the birds to 
lose weight. By this method one man 
can feed from 50 to 100 geese, but the 
work is hard and the hours long. The 
first feed is given at about; five in the 
morning and the last at 11 at night A 
high price must be obtained for geese fed 
in this way. Noodling will give a gain 
nf from (i to 10 lbs. while a price of from 
10 to 15 cents per lb. is paid above that 
for geese fattened in the ordinary^ way. 
A goose should lie handled by its neck 
rather than by its legs. The back is held 
toward the attendant. The feeder usually 
wears gloves to protect his hands from 
bites. Cure must be used in handling 
the geese at killing time, for the flesh 
bruises very easily, and the bruised spots 
detract from .he appearance of the bird 
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Your local dealer can supply you with all the Feeds for either of these rations 
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100 LBS. 
SUGARED 
rift 
— A. R. Merrill, Dairy Specialist for 
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2 * s use< ^ practical dairymen as a 
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