POULTRY KEEPING FOR PROFIT

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21967, 16 December 1936, Page 16

POULTRY KEEPING FOR PROFIT

ANSWER TO COHRESPO3L "Constant Reader."— A suitahi. would be 50 p er «»*»* cent, bran 10 per cenfw2L*i per cent dry milk powderTS meatmeal. For wet mvfc s Jfi mend. 35 per lard, a per cent, meatmeal 8 ?! skim milk, or if skim ™s**» available, milk pZL k) water (about one parts water). Yes, the S* J are suitable for the my advice this week about

GREEN FOOD PQR P

TBy "LEGHORN."] Where pullets are housed orf T tensive system—when they £'** provided with a run out on is essential to provide them wto adequate amount of green *»?' pullets-and old birds, too matter—are not given green 'l<x£ * tend to become listless dunned weather and a marked dron ■ * egg yield usually follows. Partial! l with growing pullets should of regularly supplied green wf attended to. a lOod a The usual practice for the w flock is to feed chopped-up \uJ~T 1 the mash. Up to 20 per cat S safely be included in the mash*!? time of the year, but with **£ stock it is advisable to sunrfS this quantity by providing fine grass cuttings, or, in factawu of edible greens during the da/ ♦u Gr i- e «l? food I s ce * ainl y ch4 a the difference it makes in themw»2 health of the growing birds fsi marked, particularly during *! weather. Young cockerels inteJt for future breeding should Hfoi given green food, and it has been »*, time and time again that free** plays a big part in building «** strong constitution for growing fe If possible, give ample range fora cockerels and do not overcrowd tfca? Grading of Young Stock The greatest aid to growth inm* stock is uniformity of sizes. ]S farmers err by mixing various a and having an uneven flock. suit is that the bigger birds enmifr young stock, in feeding and nwa. and their growth is set back, andfi do not develop as they should. % lack of grading really T accounts &• big proportion of the culls that a essential in growing stock. Though it is not possible to dividual attention to every binUj quite possible, and essential, to jr ages separate attention. Even wiftna age some birds will be found tbatfe velop far more rapidly than qSbi and these can often be moved wi&»l vantage to pens of a uniform as Some experts contend that the an grower is not profitable, but tn£ i not always true. There is a vsfat difference between slow growth at stunted stock. We can find some stain of birds that develop faster tse others of a similar breed. Quick,j» cocious birds are not always the to layers. Nature requires an erode velopment to fill out and build imp perly every part of the bird's Toy What might appear as the cull & 6 flock can quite possibly fill out isa great layer in after years. Get out among those young did without delay and do some suing;? As well as being more pleasing toft eye in their uniformity, they willgm better, and thus build better tefi Just as we segregate the sexes, sobs we segregate the ages and the sins Drinking Water Longer days and increasing teafe atures mean that poultry will needs ditional water. The first watjjfl should always be well before the nf ing feed, so that no bird is thirsty meal time. In the very hot weafc attention should be given at ndtf I especially in yards where the cafes ers are in the sun. and the water 1 apt to become lukewarm. Dang* afternoon watering is the best te to wash out vessels, as there is gp» ally more lime theiv than intteffl* ings. Where the containacs « » either increase the size « *W«£ one for the hot months To havew drinking water all supplies sflgU far as possible, be m the. shade .* where that is not easy, aiml to ft* the shade during the morning day heat, just when the birds * the cool drink most Wild birds at this time of thejs generally draw their drinking ag* from the fowl yards as weU. J J obnoxious starling, although it sj dirtiest of birds because ofW» is also one of the most ardent m cates of the daily "tub».' The*.W bathe regularly and if the! fijTg are suitable, they will think n« of using up all the water for tog pose. If you notice the supplj ■** gone, and wet soil aU. round, J«» be sure that these birds have KB b3 In view of the many dangowsfjj that birds-especially the starMg sparrow-carry, it is as well toM the water where they cannot «tM or should they be very trouWjg have a loose netting cover so poultry can secure a birds cannot bathe in it. tain type of water container for this trouble, as the supply deep enough for the birds to WJJ Poultry generally consume twice much fluid during the heavy Wg periods, and greater quantities^' w dry seasons. If a choice has »■ made it is better for birds to «■ feed than to be without water b» weather. _——