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The Tribune-News Farm Department.
SPECIAL attention is being given to this part of the paper in an effort to make
it of the most value to our farmer patrons.
You can depend upon pointers elucidated in these columns because they
are contributed by men who have made a study of live stock, dairying, poultry
raising and agricultural problems. A good many of the articles printed in this
section of The Tribune-News are secured from the United States Department of
Agriculture and State University Experiment Stations.
I THE “FOUR G’’ RATION,
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The following by O. P. Templeman,
manager of the Highland Poultry
farm, will be found very helpful to our
ixmltry breeders. Mr. Tern plenum's ar
ticle is based on actual experience and
•will be found interesting:
“There are four elements in the feed
of chickens, necessary to health and
rigor, to rapid and sturdy growth of
young chicks, to heavy production of
market eggs and to strong, fertile
hatching eggs. These four elements
■constitute what is known as the “Font
G,” grains, greens, grubs and grits.
When these four elements are present
in the proper proportion in the feed,
chickens will often thrive under oth
erwise adverse conditions. On the oth
er hand you ivy tv have the most ap
proved pattern of hygiene poultry
bouses; give your chickens the best of
care otherwise, but if the food does
not contain these four elements, your
chickens will not do well and you will
get few if any eggs.
“Every one knows that it is neccs- !
sary to feed grains, but In many In
stances this is about all that is fed. j
There should he at least two grains in j
the ration, corn is the universal food,
. i
ft .is unquestionably good, and is al
ways relished by the fowls. For the
other grain, wheat is the best, but is
considered too expensive to feed in
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M3 waste of money to buy, as lacking medicinal virtues, how can they
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Working for The Osmejit Compfl^
I any quantity. Oats is a good feed as
j a variety, but care roust he taken, as
iit is easy to feed too much oats. The
hulls make them hard to digest, so
oats should not comprise more than
one-third of the grain ration. Two
parts corn and one part oats, (dry
measure), is the cheapest effective ra
j tion, but what would be much better
i and little more expensive, is two parts
corn, one part wheat and one part oats.
“Chickens can do without greens for
i a long time and keep alive, but that is
about all. The lack of green food is
j one reason why a great many people
i get few eggs from their hens in win
ter. And if hens are penned up in bare
I vards in spring and summer, green
■ '’aids must be supplied if eggs are ex
pected. Almost anything green that is
I dible by other animals will do for
! chickens. The most common forms of
green food for winter, when hens are
penned up in houses are sprouted oats,
n angel beets, steamed clover, cabbage,
kale, etc.
“Lawn clippings make a splendid
green food and cost nothing. The
1 waste portions of many vegetables
from the garden will also be relished
by the chickens.
“Grubs, the third element—meat in
o her words—is a very important part
of the fowls’ rations. Eggs contain a
high percentage of protein; the purest
et animal food contains from 75 per
THE BARTOW TRIBUNE-THE CARTERSVILLE NEW.3, APRIL 19, 1917,
oenf'to 95 per cent protein. By feeding
a ration high in proportion many eggs
will be produced, provided that the
protein is not too high, in which case
the digestive organs will be overtaxed.
I-rotein also builds the muscle and
hone in the growing chicken, and it
i- for that reason that the growing
chicken craves meat more than the
giown fowls.
"When chickens have free range in
holds and woods, they can generally
provide themselves with sufficient ani
mal food in spring and summer, but
in fail and winter, meat must be fed
if results are expected. Confined birds
must be fed meat the year around.
“A plan for every poultryman is to
keep a high-grade of commercial meat
scraps in hoppers before the chickens
all times. Care must he taken, how
ever, in getting them started on meat
scrap. They should feed sparingly at
tiist, gradually increasing the amount
.util they have all they want at a feed,
tlii n the meat scrap may he safely put
it. the open hoppers.
“Feeding table scraps is a very good
("actice, but care must be taken, or j
Lite proportion of meat will be too ir
regular. To give chickens no meat for
several days, then * give them all
they will eat at a'• mg would ruin
their digestion. The digestive system
o: the domestic fowl is as sensitive as
a human
“The heaviest egg production can be
secured, it is claimed, by feeding a
mash consisting of ground grains,
such as bran, middlings and corn
meal, with which meat scrap is mixed,
i" addition to the whole or cracked
grains, known as ‘scratch feed.'
“Charcoal, while not necessary part
of the chicken’s ration, is a very help
fid addition. It assists in keeping the
digestive organs in good condition, j
“To sprout oats in the winter will
I e necessary to have a heated sprout
er, unless one has a cellar or room
where the temperature never gets to
the freezing point, and where it is
generally above 60 degrees. Where a
heated sprouter is necessary it is gen
ially better to buy a sprouter from a
t>oultry supply • house, but where a
heated sprouter is not necessary,- a
sprouter can be made at home very
easily. For the benefit of those who do
not understand the process—first, pro
vide yourself with some oats which
will sprout, as some you may get will
not sprout, being too old. Put the oats
m a tight vessel pour warm (not hot)
r ater over them and let them soak
fo’- twenty-four hours. At the end of
that time put the oats in another re
ceptacle, which will allow the water
to drain off, a box with a few cracks
in the bottom will do nicely, Let them
remain in this box for two or three
days, sprinkling them morning and
evening with water, until the little
roots are about A quarter of an inch
long then spread an inch deep on the
sprouter, which is nothing more than
a wooden or galvanized iron frame
with clacks or holes in it which will
sllow the water to drain off readily,
li the oats are sprinkled regularly
twice a day, the green blades will be
two cr three inches high in a week’s
time, and are ready to feed. The soon
er they are fed the tenderer the roots
v ill be, the longer they grow the more
there will he to the blades, but the
roots will gradually get too tough for
the chickens to eat. Sprouted oats
makes an excellent food for young
chickens and grown fer.ls alike, al
j though for the youngsters the blades
should be cut off and cut up in short
pieces according to the size of the
chicks.
“If it is considered too much trouble
to sprout oats, mangel beets are an
excellent green food, and a few of
these will go a long way Cabbage is
(co expensive these days, but in the
spring and summer there will usually
be a plentiful supply of green food
available to yarded fowls. The hen
herself the best judge ot>what she
needs and that the meat should not
be forced upon her in the mash; that
the better way is to have the meat in
separate hoppers where she can help
herself.
“The fourth element —grits—is as
nece.-sary to the life of the chicken as
the first; they are the teeUi of the
bird, and eating so many haid grains
it could live but a short time without
grit.
“A chicken on free range can usually
get its own supply of grit, but con
fined chickens must be supplied with
it Marble grit is sharp, hard and clean,
and r an be bought very cheap. Oyster
shell is a good grit, but besides sup
plies the fowl with another necessary
item of food —lime.
“Hard coal ashes is also greatly rel
ished, and is considered very bene
ficial. The amount that a small flock
will consume is surprising. On some
commercial poultry plants it is kept
before the chickens of all ages in hop
pers.
“When a chicken or a few chickens
are separated from the others, or a
new pen is made up it is well to stop
ami think. Are they supplied with the
four G’s? Have they grains, greens,
grubs and grits? To recall these sim
ple words occasionally will prevent
one from making many serious mis
sions in poultry management,”
County Home
Demonstration
Deoartment
X
By MISS JESSIE BURTON.
HOME PRESERVATION OF EGGS.
The whr is undoubtedly going to
make all food stuffs exceptionally high
next fall and winter. Every one should
plan now on how he can reduce the
cost of living for the next year. Eggs
at the present season are one of the
cheapest food stuffs on ihe market but
they will not be so for long as eggs
are already beginning their climb to
winter high prices. Every householder
can buy and preserve eggs now while
they are low in price and use them at
home next fall when eggs are scarce
and high. Naturally the hen lays a
larger number of eggs at this time of
the year and prices are always much
lever. Prices are running from 8 to
in cents higher than this time iasi
>*-•. which would indicate that eggs
will be much higher next winter than
they have ever been before.
WATER-GLASS METHOD. Fa
rm be preserved at home by placing
the eggs in what' is known as water
glass, which is the solution of Sodium
s’lieate. The value of the water-glass
for preserving eggs was discovered
some years ago by a German chemist.
One part of water-glass to JO parts of
water should be used. The water
should be as pure and clean as can be
obtained and should be boiled, mixed
with the water-glass and allowed to
become thoroughly cooled before the
eggs are placed in it. The eggs should
be kept in a cool dry room away from
the rays of the sun and where the
temperature does not rise high during
the summer. A cellar is the best place.
The higher the temperature, the great
er the change that will take place in
the egg.
Only eggs that are known to he
fresh should be preserved. A stone jar
that will hold about 15 dozen eggs
makes the best receptacle. The eggs
should be placed in the container daily
as gathered, placing the large end of
the egg up so that the air cells will
not become broken. The solution
should then he poured over the eggs
until they are entirely covered; the
liquid should come two inches above
the eggs and be kept so and the jar
should he covered so that evaporation
will rmt* take place.
Eggs sthoufd be preserved during.the
months of March, April and May. Eggs
gathered after that time will not save
well, although the period of preserva
tion is shorter. Eggs should not be
preserved from hens in flocks where
the male birds are running with the
hens, such eggs are fertilized and do
not save so well. Only clean eggs
should be used. Eggs that are to be
preserved should not be washed, as
washing injures the keening qualities
hv removing the muciginous coating o
hioom from the egg. This coating heirs
to preserve the egg.
Eggs preserved in water-glass are cf
nearly as good quality, if properly
kept as the freSh egg, especially for
cooking purposes. Eggs can be pre-
served in this way at a cost of 1 l-2c
to 2c a dozen, according to the num
ber preserved. Eggs so preserved
should always be sold as preserved or
pickled eggs. When preserved eggs
are to be boiled the shells- should first
be pierced with a needle as the pre
servation seals the pores of the egg
shell and boiling will cause the con
tents of the egg to expand and burst
if the shell is not punctured.
LIME-WATER METHOD. Lime-wat
er also can be used with fairly good
results. Take 1 pound to 2 pounds of
freshly slaked lime and mix with 5
gallons of watter. Stir it well two or
three times a day for several days, un
til the whole forms a milky fluid. Then
add 1 pound of salt and stir well. After
allowing it to stand a few hours and
settle, dip or siphon off the upper
liquid into the tubs, jar, tanks, or so
forth that you have placed the eggs in.
The liquid should come three Inches
above the eggs and the eggs should
be kept covered with the liquid.
The eggs when taken out will have
a rough coating of lime on them and
do not look so attractive as those pre
served with water-glass.
The general precautions mentioned
under the first method apply here also.
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