The Feeding of Fowls.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 June 1910, Page 4

The Feeding of Fowls.

Til the feeding tjf poultry on t.lie | farm it is practicable lo givo them | simple food, for, when they have I thw liberty of (lie fields. they will J pick up a large proportion of what they need. ji the farmer were to confine his fowls in close yards, a,ml feed them the way lie usually does oil free range, the effect would ho a poor (igg yield, and. n loss of vfgour in the fowls. Tlio nearer we can follow nature's teachings In the feeding of poultry, itlie better will , be tho results. There is no one food tliait. will meet <a! 1 tin? requirements of fclie fowl. _Tt is not a question of wheat, or maize, or oats, so much as it is a question of vegetable mid animal foods, or or protoin and fat. They are fed plenty of maize and wlieait, but tliere is usually lla, lack of animal food. [f the fowls li;iv< access to such animal food as meat scraps and insects 'to be found on the farm, they will themselves cor- r rect the undue proportion of fat forming elements in tlm maize. Tn other words. Mioy will bnla.ince (licii own ration. The re vert t scarcity ol eggs in winter is" largely due to a scaiwitv of animal food.' Tn feed- 1 ing wheat and maize it would be f well to mix them. Oats are also * for laying fowls, and n little barley by way of variety, may he fed. A good quality of wheat screenings may he safely'substitn ted [ for higher-priced grain.—Australian Farm and Home."