THE FARM.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume II, Issue 112, 16 April 1880, Page 4

THE FARM.

SALT FOR POULTRY.

A correspondent of the “ Country Gentleman ” has been experimenting upon the use of salt for poultry, and gives his experience as follows:—“To get at the true facts I have been feeding salt to all my poultry, young and old alike, and closely watching the result, I have fed it in cold mush and hot; in bran and everything else, all the spring and summer (so far) with the following result:—The poultrv will eat all kinds of salted food in preference to unsalted, they are better in general health, not a louse of any kind in young or old (the first year I have been able to say so), and they are all beginning to moult, many of them laying as though not moulting. This may or may not be the result of feeding salt largely to them, but I am compelled to believe this to so, as are some other peculiarities. I have noticed one feature which may not be in favor of salt—the liens have seemed to be more persistently inclined to sit, it being very difficult to break off the inclination: they sit more closer than usual. All seem voraciously fond of green food of any kind, and have eaten a large quantity of clover, grass, young corn, and other similar food. My observations lead me to the conclusion that salt is needed condiment for all our poultry, and in all points is beneficial to them. Pigeons are excessively fond of salt in any form, and why should not our poultry be also 1 Such being the true status, it behoves us to consider their needs and attend to them.”