. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Ontario. 10 morning and evening. The morning feed is fed the previous evening after the hens have gone to roost, by sowing it on the htter and then turning the Htter over; the straw is now on top and the grain below, and when the hens get up in the morning they start to dig out the grain, and are kept busy all forenoon. At noon we feed mangels, cabbage or clover hay. The night feed consists of the whole grain fed in troughs, and what the birds do not eat is taken up. Rolled oats are kept constantly before the hens in hoppers. Buttermilk only is given as ;.
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Ontario. 10 morning and evening. The morning feed is fed the previous evening after the hens have gone to roost, by sowing it on the htter and then turning the Htter over; the straw is now on top and the grain below, and when the hens get up in the morning they start to dig out the grain, and are kept busy all forenoon. At noon we feed mangels, cabbage or clover hay. The night feed consists of the whole grain fed in troughs, and what the birds do not eat is taken up. Rolled oats are kept constantly before the hens in hoppers. Buttermilk only is given as ;. Fig. 2.—Farm poultry house amid filthy surroundings. Dearth of Scratching Material. A very important factor contributing to the general experience of no winter egg production is the lack of exercise. To ensure vigor and health in hens—which conditions are absolutely essential to a maximum egg yield—scratching material must be liberally supplied, and the birds induced to exercise by scattering at least a part of their feed in a dry litter of straw or leaves, which should be from six to ten inches deep. Though there is usually an abundance of scratching material close at hand, it may be said that practically all farmers, either through ignor- ance or pronounced indifiference, fail to attend properly to this simple but very important Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Toronto : The Dept.
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