. The American fancier's poultry book. Poultry. 48 THE AMERICAN FANCIER'S The usual way of feeding ground meat is to mix it with Ground Meat, ground grain of some kind. This is unnecessary. It should be fed as a variety, and in a way to afford a change. There should be certain meals, on special days, for giving it to the liens. For instance, give it at night on every other day in a trough, unmixed with other food, so that the hens will have nothing but the ground meat for that meal. The next morning give some other food, as corn, and the following meal may be of wheat or cut clover. The ground
. The American fancier's poultry book. Poultry. 48 THE AMERICAN FANCIER'S The usual way of feeding ground meat is to mix it with Ground Meat, ground grain of some kind. This is unnecessary. It should be fed as a variety, and in a way to afford a change. There should be certain meals, on special days, for giving it to the liens. For instance, give it at night on every other day in a trough, unmixed with other food, so that the hens will have nothing but the ground meat for that meal. The next morning give some other food, as corn, and the following meal may be of wheat or cut clover. The ground meat may be given plentifully if fed in this manner. Simply allow the hens to have all of it that they will eat, and they will relish it and find it beneficial. If fed on meat every meal it may cause bowel difficulty ; but given once every two clays it will not be in any manner injurious, and will prove of great assistance in inducing the hens to lay during the cold weather.—Farm and Fireside. One of the easiest ways of providing green and succulent Ensilage, food for the poultry during the winter time is to feed them ensilage, and the birds thrive so well upon it that their egg- producing capacities are increased nearly ten percent. The hens eat the ensilage greedily, and it acts as a fair substitute for green grass and vegetables which cannot be obtained in the winter. The im- portance of this preserved food for poultry has not been fully appreciated by farmers. Where the ensil- age is kept for cattle a little of it thrown in the poultry yard would hardly be missed, and very appreci- able results will be appar- ent in the egg basket. The ensilage for hens can be composed of almost any green food if it is cut and packed away properly. Farmers keeping ensilage for cattle can throw a little of it to the hens,but the poul- trymen must economize in filling the silc. Hens find nutriment and a stimu- lant in green grass, and this when stored in the silo is loved dearly by them du
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