FEEDING FOX EGGS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1721, 28 November 1887, Page 4

FEEDING FOX EGGS

There Ia little doubt that the production cf egga may be largely increased by a systematic, scientific plan of feeding, and tbe average poultry-keeper sh' uld give thlß matter a gcod deal of etnry and attention,

The acientific part cf It need not frighten one who is willing (o read, study and pqt m practice «hat they learn; Those who are recognised authorities assert that the egg product of a hen io her prime ia about ihree times her cwo weight yearly, and m view of this fact the Importance < f supplying her with food rich m all (he elements that make the egg ia at once apparenf. An egg contains all the elements of a liviog chick, fleab, bone, smew, blood an d feathers, beside the shell ma-ttr, which Is moßtly lime. The principal elements m the egg are sulphur, oil, phnephoroaa, limo and nitrogen' The food that Is given the hen shcu'd Contain all the elemcu's that exist In tha egg. These are /ound m wheat oatP, corn, bran, Unseed, crushed bone BUift-.wer Eead, and vegetable matter! A reasonable mix ure of all these, varied more or less, with vho aid of crushed limestone or gyr sum, would f.fr.\,r4 every element called for to produce a corstant yield of eggs. But there is another poibf. A proin-nent writer on ihe sul ject rightly rev aikß that < ne of the greatest mistakes m feeding- fows is over feed ng. Whtn persons get the chicken fever they get on thusiastic m the cauee end stuff thdr fowls instead of feeding them, if hens are allowed to run to grain m the barn, Ihey cat twice as much as they ought to Jind the result is a short supply of <™ 8 Where they are confined to yards they are too frequently gorged with food which makes fat instead of providing- these elemonis which go to make up the egg. As a general thing corn ia fd to tho exclus : on of everything else, aod while it is gocd lor fattening, it ia a poor one for egga itfed exclusively. Ko food contains all tho elements, end some sort of variety muet ho provided— "American • aruier."

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