. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . eat. If apples are plenti-ful and cheap, cut up apples for them sometimes,as well as save for them all parings. They will rel-ish potato skins in winter for variety better rawthan cooked, and will take some potatoes whole, CARE OF HENS IN WINTER. 341 too, if there are plenty. If you have silos, be sureto carry to the hen-house two or three times aweek heaping pans of corn silage, and watch thehens devour it. But the foods par excellencefor hens in winter are clover and alfalfa. Alfalfacontains a higher percentage of protein than clover,but bo
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . eat. If apples are plenti-ful and cheap, cut up apples for them sometimes,as well as save for them all parings. They will rel-ish potato skins in winter for variety better rawthan cooked, and will take some potatoes whole, CARE OF HENS IN WINTER. 341 too, if there are plenty. If you have silos, be sureto carry to the hen-house two or three times aweek heaping pans of corn silage, and watch thehens devour it. But the foods par excellencefor hens in winter are clover and alfalfa. Alfalfacontains a higher percentage of protein than clover,but both are rich in this egg-producing element. Agood plan is to scrape up the leaves and litter fromthe floor of the barns, and either feed it dry or steamit and feed it in a mash with ground oats and corn,bran and shorts. Cut clover or alfalfa may also befed in this way. Little racks may be made in thehen-houses, in which alfalfa or clover hay may befed the same as to other stock. Clover and alfalfamay be given in the form of meal, if one cares to go. Double House with Scratching Shed. to the trouble and expense of buying meal or havingit ground. It is really not an expensive food whenwe consider how far a little alfalfa or clover mealgoes, but it hardly seems necessary for the farmerto do this; when he has it so abundantly, there isno harm done if a_ few stems are wasted. In regard to the manner of feeding, poultry mendo not agree. Some think it best to feed mashonce a day, others think they get sufficiently good re-sults with feeding it three or four times a claim it is best in winter to feed this mash thefirst thing in the morning, not giving so much but thatthe hens will scratch in the litter for grain; othersfeed the hot mash late in the afternoon. Excellent 342 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. results may be obtained from feeding thus: grain inthe Htter in the morning, a mash at noon three timesa week containing animal protein, on otjier dayscorn silage, or raw potatoes,
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