HOUSE AND GARDEN 
July, 1915 
Brooder 
July Poultry Work 
U SUALLY it is better not to feed 
much corn to young chickens, de¬ 
pending more upon wheat and its products 
for rapid growth and the making of large 
frames, but this season the abnormally 
high price of wheat seems to compel a 
sharp reduction in the amount used. Most 
of the commercial chick rations contain a 
very large percentage of cracked corn this 
season, although considerable Kaffir corn 
is being used. Even the poultry business 
suffers from the war. 
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It is very important, though, to make 
certain that the corn used is sweet and 
good. Cracked corn goes bad quickly in 
hot weather and many amateurs find it 
advisable to buy in small lots, even though 
they have to pay a little more proportion¬ 
ately. If corn smells musty it should not 
be fed, at least to chickens, and better not 
at all. 
Beef scraps, too, must be examined 
carefully, and it is well not to feed scraps 
too liberally. Green bone and fresh meat 
should be eliminated from the poultry 
dietary for the time being. 
Green food of some kind is most essen¬ 
tial. When only a small flock is kept clip¬ 
pings from the lawn will answer. Often 
it is possible to let the hens out for an 
hour just before darkness falls. They will 
not wander far at that time of day, but 
will spend their time eating grass. If 
watched a little they are not likely to do 
any damage. Rape planted in the spring 
should be yielding bountifully now, and it 
is well to make another sowing for fall 
use. For late feeding there should be a 
row of Scotch kale, which will remain 
green until after snow falls. 
On very hot nights the birds are likely 
to suffer if confined in houses of the shed 
type. All the doors and windows should 
be kept opened, but should be protected by 
wire netting to keep out four-legged in¬ 
truders. There are various ways of deal¬ 
ing with two-legged night prowlers, but 
it is poor policy to use a gun. There are 
patent locks which discharge a blank car¬ 
tridge when an attempt is made to open 
the door at night and they frighten awav 
a chicken thief quite as quickly as a rifle 
in the hands of an irate poultrymah, who 
is likely to lose his self-possession on small 
provocation. A few Guinea hens, as a 
matter of fact, will make sufficient dis¬ 
turbance to alarm the household. 
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