July, 1912 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
( Continued from page 5) 
the staples, with corn a little the better, 
perhaps, all things considered. In the 
morning a few handfuls of the various 
grains, except corn, may be thrown in the 
litter of straw, hay or leaves which should 
cover the floor of the poultry house several 
inches deep. About an hour before sunset, 
whole corn should be scattered in the litter 
in the same way. The amount of grain 
to be given must be determined by the 
individual. The fowls should have all 
they can get by scratching for it, but to 
feed more than they eat will be wasteful. 
In any case, one need not worry, for the 
hens can always satisfy their needs at the 
open hoppers. 
At noon the table scraps may be fed 
in a trough. There are two good ways of 
preparing them. They may be run 
through a food chopper or may be boiled 
to shreds in a kettle kept on the back of 
the kitchen range for that purpose and 
into which the table waste may be thrown 
at the close of each meal. Whichever 
plan is adopted, the food should be mixed 
with bran until a mash is secured which 
will crumble in the hand. If a mash of 
this kind is fed daily, it naturally will 
make it possible to reduce the amount of 
grain given. 
In some cases, it may not be feasible 
to feed the hens at noon. Then the mash 
of table scraps and bran may be given in 
the morning, but there should never be 
enough to satisfy the appetites of the 
birds, or they will stand around in the 
cold for several hours, instead of scratch¬ 
ing busily in the litter, getting needed ex¬ 
ercise and keeping warm at the same time. 
If there is considerable meat in the 
waste from the table, it will be sufficient 
for a small flock. Otherwise, beef scrap 
should be purchased at a poultry supply 
house and kept in a small hopper where 
the hens can eat it at any time. Green 
food probably will be necessary, also, un¬ 
less there are many bits of lettuce and 
other vegetables left from the table. Al¬ 
falfa cut into small lengths may be mixed 
in the mash or fed dry. Mangels, cab¬ 
bages and other vegetables may be spiked 
to the side of the house, inviting the 
fowls to take a bite whenever they feel 
so inclined. Grit, oyster shells and char¬ 
coal should be kept where the birds can 
have free access to them — in a hopper or 
a box nailed to the wall above the litter. 
Both grit and oyster shells are needed, 
although many poultry keepers rely upon 
oyster shells alone. 
It has required several paragraphs to 
describe this method of feeding a small 
family flock of hens, but after all, the 
method itself is exceedingly simple. At 
the same time, it is one which ought to re¬ 
sult in a full egg basket all winter, espe¬ 
cially if early-hatched pullets are used and 
properly housed. It is foolish to expect 
fowls to do well without proper food and 
treatment, although many people do not 
seem to appreciate the fact. 
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