. Agriculture for common schools. Agriculture. 352 AGRICULTURE FOR COMMON SCHOOLS vegetable food from the grass and their animal food from the insects which they can catch. Some mixed grain consisting of corn, kafir corn, and millet seed should be fed in addition. In winter the vegetables can be supplied from cabbage and beets and the animal food from beef scrap. The grain feed in winter can be largely of corn, but wheat screenings, kafir corn, oats, and millet seed should also be given. During cold weather a mash made from equal parts of corn-meal and. 93. THIS DOZEN OF BLACK MINORCA EGGS WON
. Agriculture for common schools. Agriculture. 352 AGRICULTURE FOR COMMON SCHOOLS vegetable food from the grass and their animal food from the insects which they can catch. Some mixed grain consisting of corn, kafir corn, and millet seed should be fed in addition. In winter the vegetables can be supplied from cabbage and beets and the animal food from beef scrap. The grain feed in winter can be largely of corn, but wheat screenings, kafir corn, oats, and millet seed should also be given. During cold weather a mash made from equal parts of corn-meal and. 93. THIS DOZEN OF BLACK MINORCA EGGS WON THE FIRST PRIZE AT THE LEBANON, IND., EGG SHOW, 1908. THEY WEIGHED 32^ OUNCES wheat bran and a small quantity of beef scrap is a good feed for morning. All poultrymen prefer to feed grain in the evening. For hens kept in confinement such food as they could get when running at large should be supplied as fully as possible. Confined hens should have access to plenty of sand and gravel. Ground oyster-shells and cracked charcoal are also essential. Hens running at large can supply them- selves with grit, but the oyster-shells and charcoal should be at hand for them also. When grain is fed it should be thrown into straw or leaves, especially in winter, so that the hens will have to scratch for it. This gives them exercise and warms them up. Fresh and clean water is one of the. 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 Fisher, Martin L. [from old catalog]; Cotton, Fassett A. (Fassett Allen), 1862-1941, joint author. New York, C. Scribner's sons
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