September, 1912 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
125 
Warm Weather Feeding of Poultry 
W ARM weather feeding of poultry is 
a rather simple process on the aver¬ 
age farm, especially where the farmer does 
not attempt to breed fancy stock, in which 
case it is quite necessary to pen up the 
breeders for a portion of the time, which 
will somewhat complicate the feeding. 
Where the flock runs at large, as is the 
case in general on most farms, but little 
feeding is necessary for the old stock. 
They will pick up the larger portion of 
their food and the very kind of food and in 
proper proportions to keep themselves in a 
healthy, vigorous condition for layers 
and breeders. Except on stormy days it 
is best to feed only at night, when a good 
feed will materially assist in keeping up a 
regular and abundant egg supply. On 
stormy days when it is impossible for the 
fowls to get out and search for their food, 
it will be found advantageous to feed at 
the least two full meals. This will insure 
a regular supply of eggs which cannot be 
relied upon unless the fowls have a reg¬ 
ular supply of feed. 
Among the grains most suitable for 
summer feeding are oats, wheat, barley, 
buckwheat, kaffir corn, with corn fed spar¬ 
ingly. Too many poultry keepers make 
the mistake of feeding too much corn 
during the summer. Corn is a great fat 
producing food and will often result in 
many of the older fowls becoming over 
fat. Especially is this true with the 
medium to heavy breeds. Chickens like 
corn better than almost anything else, and 
they need a certain portion of it, not only 
in supplying a variety, but because of its 
being well suited to their needs. But it is 
too heating and too fattening for a reg¬ 
ular summer ration. I make it a practice 
to give my fowls one feeding a day of 
corn and this a light one and as a rule 
mostly cracked corn. 
Do not stuff the fowls at any time. It 
is best to keep them a little hungry so they 
will forage well for the larger part of 
their food. A svstem of hopper feeding 
can be adopted if desirable, in which case 
the hoppers should be placed under shelter 
and so constructed that they can be closed 
a portion of the day if experience indi¬ 
cates this to be best. Some fowls will 
not forage much if they can get all they 
want to eat without and for this reason it 
may be found advisable to close the hop¬ 
pers during a portion of the day. It would 
be best to do this during the morning 
hours, but whenever it is done there should 
be a regular time, as regularity has much 
to do with getting good results from poul- 
try. A good ration for hopper feeding 
for summer feed is equal parts of ground 
corn and oats and wheat bran. Animal 
food and green feed they get on the range. 
A box of grit and oyster shells should be 
kept where the fowls may have free and 
easy access to it. 
The drinking water is another very im¬ 
portant matter to be considered. Proper 
drinking fountains should be supplied, 
such as can be readily cleaned often and 
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