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Potatoes  for  Poultry 
In  reply  to  C.  E.  B.,  page  64,  M.  B.  D. 
states  some  poultry-feeding  authorities 
advise  not  to  feed  potatoes  to  poultry. 
Would  like  to  know  what  poultry-feeding 
authorities  these  are,  and  what  reasons 
they  give  for  advising  so.  G.  J.  K. 
Arlington,  N.  Y. 
It  would  probably  have  been  better  to 
say  that  some  poultrymen,  rather  than 
some  “poultry  authorities,”  advise  against 
feeding  potatoes  to  laying  hens,  though 
the  distinction  is  a  rather  delicate  one  to 
make.  It  may  be  well  that  the  tempta¬ 
tion  to  feed  this,  at  times,  very  cheap  food 
as  a  substitute  for  grain  has  led  to  un¬ 
favorable  results  from  its  use.  It  is  ob¬ 
vious,  from  the  nature  of  potatoes,  that 
they  cannot  replace  the  higher  protein 
foods  in  a  poultry  ration,  though,  of 
course,  they  can  supplement  them.  The 
reply  to  the  inquirer,  who  said  that  he 
had  “a  lot  of  small  potatoes  that  he 
should  like  to  feed  to  his  chickens,”  was 
that  he  would  probably  find  it  unwise  to 
get  rid  of  them  in  that  way,  though  mod¬ 
erate  quantities  should  do  no  harm.  To 
a  farmer  having  a  quantity  of  unsalable 
potatoes  in  his  cellar,  and  probably  buy¬ 
ing  high-priced  grains  to  feed  his  hens, 
the  temptation  to  push  the  potatoes  and 
scrimp  the  grain  would  be  great,  and  the 
results  would  not  be  likely  to  be  favorable 
from  the  standpoint  of  egg  production. 
On  the  whole,  I  think  that  the  advice 
given  by  James  Dryden  of  the  Oregon 
Agricultural  Station,  in  College  Bulletin 
No.  157,  is  sound.  His  statement  is  this: 
“Potatoes  may  sometimes  be  fed  for  va¬ 
riety,  if  boiled  and  mixed  with  a  mash, 
but  they  are  not  a  good  egg  food  :  they 
are  better  fitted  for  fattening.”  In  “Feed¬ 
ing  for  Egg  Production,”  Lesson  No.  157. 
“Cornell  Reading  Course  for  the  Farm,” 
may  be  found  this  more  favorable  estimate 
of  potatoes,  however  ; 
“Mangel  beets,  cabbage,  sprouted  oats 
or  green  clover  are  usually  considered  the 
best  green  foods.  If  these  are  not  ob¬ 
tainable,  apples  and  cooked  potatoes  make 
a  valuable  addition  to  the  ration.  These 
should  be  fed  at  noon,  in  such  amounts  as 
the  birds  will  clean  up  before  night.” 
M.  B.  D. 
Sweet  Milk  for  Hens 
When  I  began  to  feed  hens  here  we  did 
not  get  a  single  egg,  and  I  had  no  scratch 
feed,  no  meat  scrap,  no  grit,  only  whole 
corn  and  oats.  I  boiled  potatoes  for  a 
mash,  and  gave  them  milk  with  the  oats 
and  corn,  and  gave  them  the  feed  in 
plenty  of  straw,  so  as  to  keep  them  busy, 
with  fresh  water  and  every  day  some  raw 
potato  peelings  and  clover  hay.  Will 
sweet  milk,  2  qts.  a  day,  physic  hens?  I 
have  been  feeding  that  amount  to  84 
chickens,  with  good  results  so  far.  Will 
boiled  potatoes  do  them  for  a  mash,  and  is 
clover  hay  good  for  them  ?  t.  a. 
Milk  and  clover  hay  are  excellent  foods 
for  fowls.  The  latter  may  be  fed  as  dry 
hay  in  the  litter,  jiving  the  fowls  an  op- 
portunitv  to  eat  what  they  will,  or  it  may 
be  cut  fine  and  steamed  by  adding  boiling 
water.  It  does  not  matter  whether  the 
milk  is  sweet  or  sour,  though,  if  it  is  de¬ 
sired  to  feed  it  always  sweet  or  sour,  it 
is  usually  easier  to  have  it  sour,  especially 
in  warm  weather.  I  should  not  attempt 
to  sour  it  in  the  Winter,  however. 
Potato  peelings  or  boiled  potatoes  in 
limited  quantity  are  all  right  as  an  ad¬ 
dition  to  the  poultry  ration.  They  should 
not  be  made  a  substitute  for  grain.  You 
need  not  fear  any  laxative  effect  from 
milk,  sweet  or  sour ;  give  the  fowls  all 
that  they  will  eat,  or  drink.  It  is  one  of 
the  best  of  poultry  foods.  M.  B.  D. 
Ration  for  Layers;  Breaking  Up 
Broodiness 
How  many  pounds  of  grain  and  mash 
should  be  fed  per  day  to  20  hens,  Barred 
Rock?  I  am  feeding  them  besides  mixed 
grain  and  mash,  table  scraps,  sprouted 
oats,  grit,  oyster  shells  and  charcoal.  I 
mix  a  poultry  regulator  in  the  mash  at 
every  feeding.  Is  this  necessary?  Start¬ 
ing  January  1  to  14  my  20  hens  produced 
83  eggs.  Is  this  a  fair  average,  consider¬ 
ing  the  time  of  the  year?  How  many 
years  does  a  hen  produce  eggs?  What  is 
a  good  wav  to  stop  hens  that  are  broody? 
Roselle  Park,  N.  Y.  r.  r.  r. 
Feed  them  all  that  they  will  eat;  the 
exact  amount  will  depend  upon  how  much 
table  scraps  or  other  foods  they  get.  but 
it  need  not  be  regulated  by  weight.  What 
is  the  poultry  regulator  for?  Was  the 
regulating  mechanism  left  out  of  these 
birds,  so  that  it  has  to  be  supplied  arti¬ 
ficially?  Not  knowing  the  purpose  of 
the  regulator,  or  its  composition,  or  how 
it  acts,  I  cannot  advise  as  to  quantity, 
and,  more  than  that,  I  never  fed  any 
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regular  rations.  The  egg  production  of 
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a  hen  may  be  and  lay.  but  have  a  faint 
recollection  of  reading  of  a  13-year-old 
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