POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 158, 23 March 1918, Page 13

POULTRY NOTES

(By "Chanticleer.")

War-Time Rations. feSd Rnnn^ 0 " T to r !: ach * crisis in the re havTfcn /V 10 ® aEt ' OKI ' i'« wheat hn 5L ll wlth "deariinnir win eie . ar ° indications that o, " ' If «ate, all(1 wheat will bo be «T,l 50 st ' a ™ tot'if will" • ■' ■ a Pwltrjr food. ThomllVrf T l ''',"' 11 . 11 word.of advico season tte when?/supply-this not aJv( T 1 r I,mited ' ' rb c yields' have 3»v,l r a »J'thing . like, the stauiim \ Jl them. farmers are askti-; the. vicinity, of. 7b. pec bushel, and v j mean that the prico will be ueyond • poultry men. Ab toon aa this JS? 0 !. 1 " alm °nnecd the retail merchants b "y "P all Ulo available fowl wheat miu season, and fancy prices, will be aekou * l'otiltrymcn, if they are wise, may -prepare for the next two years, it njll pay them to do so. Wheat cart flow -" fi - 3d.,, and it Will be a wi-e procedure to purchase a two-years' supply. It will be motley well spent, and assiire a supply of } o bd for' flic two evit-i----oai years before us. • . Even if bran and pollard are Unobtainable, the wheat cart be. ground up: and mixed with lucerne or clo y °ha3'ed meat, meal and charcoal,: ana the high- grade" of the mash can oe retained.. Pollard has gone up to £7 10s.; bran .£5 10b,-. By the time the retail profit la added these foods are very costly. Fi^<. uorthcrhcrs the position is. worse, - as tl)ey have freight chargcs t<i pay i,o\ V 13 -the time to act-wheat is available. x n . a few'short. Weeks tho supP'y 'frill' have gone, and the poultryman J* 1 / is- left tended will have to. close V''vn. .We. are. hot -pessimistic, but we de/sire to look matters squarely in the_face and warn-t>ir readers of the coming trial. • Wo had hoped'that maize and oats would-have-helped us, but neither grain is available at a suitable price. Wheat is still the cheapest,', and each day thin golden grain is Held "but at the present pride-is'a security against, failure for at least the • next' two ; years. Neglect it, and who will be to blame?. Wo shall have sortie who will complain that the Government is do ! ng-nothing."'' We'maintain tli'at wliait tho Government has'.done to assure us our supply- .at the presvit price should gain , tho heartiest, appreciation and admiration of. every ppultTymau. There were.scores of merchants and farmers Teady V> gamble with the whe.it and bleed'the noultryman as they did. in 1911 Who can forget it?- The Government .has now coroe to- our..'rescue, and. stood by us, .by .firing.-.the : price of .fowl wheat, and it is our own fault'if ws- 'do not Bcizo' the opportunity. .Br wnyof.conservingxthe wheat, it--iB. hoped the newseason's • crop'rtf maize .will, be available, at a more.reasonable price:- 'If so,'the .following rations" should be used:— . scKATpii- F'oor;; '-' Wheat. 501b. ■ Maize ■ 3011 V. Oatß 201b:v "y ...'.V" ■■■'•-. .10011). DRY- MASH-- OU-, .WET; MASH -POODS.. Pollard 501b.. • Bran 281b. ' . , Meat. mc'il' ....': lOiii. Ijiiceriio- or clover; 'chaff v.-.u. lOlbt - Charcbai ilk ' Salt. ■ lib, . . .. ' ;; '' 1001b. 'WHEATUEAL MASH. Ground wheat sSlb.' I/uceruo or clover chaff" 301b. weal .- 101b. Charcoal lib. Salt lib. 1001b. Another food that will help to cheapen tho. bill is tho use let sprouted oats. One bushel of oats sprouted will mako two bußhels of feed. The oats Bhould bo spread out in trays about one inch in depth, after being soaked for twenty-four lioui'B. Sprinkle them each day with water, and when they arc a week old feed to tho birds. T)o not use artiiioial heat to forco tho sprouting or tlic oats will develop rriould. Tho birds like this feed, and will: produce eggs satisfactory to tie most saiiguiiio.poultryman.