An introduction to agriculture . All the interior fixtures, droppingboard, feeding platforms, nests, and roosts, should beso built that they may be removed easily when neces-sary. 224. Feeding Laying Hens.— The feed forpoultry may be divided into seven classes which are:— 1. Grains or scratch feeds 4. Green feed. 2. Mill products or mashes 5. Water 3. Animal products such as meat scraps, 6. Lime and grit sour milk, buttermilk, etc. 7. Charcoal In the spring, summer, and fall, when the birds areon ample free range and are allowed to roam over thefarm, they pick up alarge part of all thesenecess
An introduction to agriculture . All the interior fixtures, droppingboard, feeding platforms, nests, and roosts, should beso built that they may be removed easily when neces-sary. 224. Feeding Laying Hens.— The feed forpoultry may be divided into seven classes which are:— 1. Grains or scratch feeds 4. Green feed. 2. Mill products or mashes 5. Water 3. Animal products such as meat scraps, 6. Lime and grit sour milk, buttermilk, etc. 7. Charcoal In the spring, summer, and fall, when the birds areon ample free range and are allowed to roam over thefarm, they pick up alarge part of all thesenecessary food ma-terials, and the prob-lem of feedinii thembecomes simple, ifthe number of birdsis not very lar2 these seasonsof the year the birdsget a large part oftheir protein frombugs, worms and in-sects. Gravel andsand forms their grit, and the green vegetationis the source of their green feed. In addition to this,they pick up considerable grain and much wastematerial. Nevertheless, they should be fed some DEVICE FOR PROTECTING MILK OK WATER PAX.— Courtesy of the International Har-vester Company. 240 AN INTKODUCTION TO AGKICULTUEE mostly in the evening, and it may be profitable to keepthe dry mash hoppers open for them a short time eachday, but this mash need contain very little meat milk and buttermilk may profitably be fed atall times if available. Fresh water, crushed oystershells, and charcoal should be before them all the the winter, and in the summer if the birds areconfined, all their feed must be supplied to them ifgood results are expected. Grains.— The grains most commonly fed to poultryare whole or coarsely cracked corn, wheat, oats, andbarley. In a recent International Egg Laying Contestequal parts of cracked corn and of whole wheat werethe only grains fed to the hens during the entire yearof the contest. The grains are commonly fed in litterabout six inches deep, so that the hens will have toscratch for the feed. Usua
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