FEEDING THE HEN.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4451, 19 August 1909, Page 4

FEEDING THE HEN.

ITbjS matter of feeding for perfectly I wholesome eggs has been frequently I mention; lin this column. There is I little doubt that the food given a hen ( has a,.marked influence on the flavour lOf the egg, and therefore it is neeesI sary that to obtain eggs at once wholeI some and well-flavoured, the poultry I should be fed on sound and wholeI some food, whether given in a grain or meal form. A poultry-keeper who lls known to feed bis fowls properly I should certainly have an advantage in price, but as a matter of fact he does not. Eggs are eggs at the grocer’s, whether from the yards of those who feed their stock cleanly, or from those hens that patrol the streets and pick up the garbage from the gutters. On this subject a writer in an American agricultural journal says :—The qual* pity of the feed is doubtless a factor in obtaining flavour. Our only safeguard is really to find the man who ffeedS his hens properly, and take precautions to secure the flavour of the eggs. He should certainly be encouraged by getting a high price. The bad fellow is encouraged, as well as the good fellow, under ordinary conditions.