. Boone County Recorder . - much-to the man who is producing eggs forthe market only. There is a commonimpression prevailing among certainunenlightened poultrymen that fowlsshould be kept on the movo all daylong, hut this is extremely erroneous,especially in the case of winter eggproduction, and It has been provedmost conclusively that a fowl will laymore eggs at a lower cost when notrequired totSke an excessivo amountof exercise. Chickens to of from three and one halfto four and one-half pounds are themost profitable to put in the fatteningcrates. Two parts oats, one part buck
. Boone County Recorder . - much-to the man who is producing eggs forthe market only. There is a commonimpression prevailing among certainunenlightened poultrymen that fowlsshould be kept on the movo all daylong, hut this is extremely erroneous,especially in the case of winter eggproduction, and It has been provedmost conclusively that a fowl will laymore eggs at a lower cost when notrequired totSke an excessivo amountof exercise. Chickens to of from three and one halfto four and one-half pounds are themost profitable to put in the fatteningcrates. Two parts oats, one part buck-wheat and ono part corn, all finelyground, mixed with sufficient butter-milk to make a batter, makes an ex-cellent ration for crate feeding. Withsuitable birds an increase of onepound may beexpected from three tofive pounds of meal fed, / Make-Up of High bird that is a high producermust»have a vigorous appetite and alarge capacity for converting foodmaterials into eggs. [* FIXING UP CHICKEN HOUSE FOR WINTER.
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