. Eggs and egg farms : Trustworthy information regarding the successful production of eggs--the construction plans of poultry buildings and the methods of feeding that make egg farming most profitable .. . 58-FEEDING TIME IN THE POULTRY YARD cleaning Up anywhere from one to six pounds, so that, when making the mash, I was at a loss to know how much meal to use. The noon meal of grain scattered in litter seldom inter- ested them, and their scratching was spasmodic and rare. I changed the bill of fare and fed them mash for the noon meal, and after a while secured exercise in the forenoon. Anothe
. Eggs and egg farms : Trustworthy information regarding the successful production of eggs--the construction plans of poultry buildings and the methods of feeding that make egg farming most profitable .. . 58-FEEDING TIME IN THE POULTRY YARD cleaning Up anywhere from one to six pounds, so that, when making the mash, I was at a loss to know how much meal to use. The noon meal of grain scattered in litter seldom inter- ested them, and their scratching was spasmodic and rare. I changed the bill of fare and fed them mash for the noon meal, and after a while secured exercise in the forenoon. Another change, and mash w-as fed at night, and by this method was secured constant exercise throughout the day. This seems to me more in line with and perhaps an improvement on nature's way. A careful sprinkling of small quantities of grain in deep litter during the day imitates nature in that it compels the fowls to seek for their food grain by grain, while the feeding of mash at night is the improvement on nature's \, which insures a full crop daily just before going to roost. I prefer mash to grain at night, because it digests quicker, bringing birds from the roosts the next morning with a sharpened ap- petite, while a full grain feed is often but partly digested in the morning. One night an accidental dropping of grain, after they had eaten all they would of mash, surprised me by causing the fowls to jump for it greedil}-. I thought it over and the next night fed about half of the quantity they cleaned up the night before, then gave another portion, and a third, with about ten minntes' interval between each, and noted they ate fully one-half more in this way. Since then I have repeatedly tried feeding them at once the full quantity they ate the night before, but I never had them finish it. In short, by feeding them in small quantities at a time, I was coax- ing them to eat more than they other wise would. I have never been able to see anything but improvement in results, as
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