Feeding
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1 Should the water for fowls be warmed in winter? 287
2 Do meat meal and beef scraps deteriorate with age? 200
3 Is alfalfa as good for fowls as clover? 223
4 Are meat cracklings from the butcher good for fowls ? 182
5 If fowls have skim milk constantly before them will it take the place of water? 184
6 At what age can whole corn be fed to chicks with safety 221
7 Can too much green food be fed to chicks? 219
8 Are onions valuable as a food for fowls ? 195
9 Is sulphur good for fowls? 226
10 Of what value are egg shells as a food for fowls ? 199
11 Are hard-boiled eggs good for newly hatched chicks ? 226
12 Can too much raw meat be fed to fowls ? 193
13 Is millet seed an especially good feed for fowls ? 195
14 Will blood meal answer the purpose of all other forms of animal food ? 207
15 What is the "cramming" system of fattening? 189
16 When is the best time to give the mash food ? 198
17 What is the effect of overfeeding of green cut bone? 145
18 Is clover meal better or in more desirable form than clover hay? 199
19 What is the best way to feed clover hay ? 170
20 Should whole grain be fed in the feed troughs or upon the ground? 210
21 How should the mash food be fed? 202
22 In what quantity and how often should green bone be fed to fowls? 141
23 Are table scraps good for fowls? 223
24 What food is best to grow fowls to extra large size? 225
25 What is the value of wheat screenings ? 188
26 How should vegetables be fed, raw or cooked? 216
27 Is pop corn of any value as a food for fowls ? 174
28 Of what value is ground charcoal as a food for fowls ? 175
29 In what quantities should green cut bone be fed to chicks ? 149
30 How much grain will the average chicken eat at one time? 239
31 What advantage is there in feeding linseed meal, oil meal, oil cake and other like foods ? 189
32 Is it necessary to feed cut clover to chickens if they have a range on green rye or other growing green food ? 216
33 What are clipped oats that are so often recommended as preferable to ordinary oats? 245
34 Is there any danger of crop bound or injury to the crop in feeding large quantities of oats ? 198
35 How can oats be fed so as to eliminate all chance of the sharp points penetrating the crop? 162
36 Can fowls be successfully raised without any animal or meat food at all? 166
37 Does cooking increase the digestibility of vegetables and green food? 231
38 Should salt be regularly given to fowls in their food? 187
39 What is a good chick food similar to the grain mixtures on the market for young chicks? 172
40 What is meant by "mash"? 240
41 What is a suitable mixture to use in a cramming machine for fattening fowls ? 147
42 Will fowls fatten quicker and better if confined in small coops than if allowed to run in a large pen ? 209
43 Is it profitable to feed condition powder to fowls regularly ? 165
44 What are the principal foods that are suitable, and of value, for fowls? 219
45 Of what value is oyster shell in feeding fowls ? 193
46 When is the best time to sow alfalfa for green food? 176
47 What is meant by "balanced ration"? 228
48 What is the object in feeding a balanced ration? 146
49 What is best for grit and what are its uses ? 190
50 Which foods are the greatest fat producers ? 175
51 How should sunflower seed be fed ? 210
52 Are infertile eggs tested out of the incubator a good food for chicks ? 135
53 Should fowls be fed every time they fly around the keeper, giving unmistakable evidence that they want food? 167
54 When is the proper time to cut clover hay for caring for poultry food ? 139
55 What is a good ration for laying hens and in what quantities should it be fed ? 277
56 What is the recipe for Johnny cake, so often recommended for feeding young chicks ? 153
57 What is the difference between green bone and raw ground bone ? 141
58 Is stale baker's bread a good food for poultry ? 239
59 Will it pay to save lawn clippings till winter for winter green food ? 230
60 Is broom corn seed a good food for fowls ? 155
61 Will mash food prove injurious to fowls if fed after it has become sour? 168
62 Will heavy feeding of new corn have a bad effect on fowls? 198
63 Of what advantage is beef tallow fed to exhibition birds? 133
64 Is blood from the butcher shop a good food for fowls ? If so how should it be prepared ? 172
65 Are the prepared chick foods on the market, in the shape of a mixture of various grains, worth the price asked for them? 193
66 Is raw corn meal made into a mash good for young chicks ? 205
67 Will cinders from coal ashes answer for grit? 210
68 Is the dry feed method as good as the plan of giving mashes occasionally? 179
69 Is charred corn of any special value as a food ? 140
70 If any one grain can be said to be a better egg producing food than all the others, what is it? 194
71 What is the objection to too much wet or sloppy foods such as mashes ? 174
72 What is the limit of age of sour milk for feeding? 130
73 Do a majority of the successful egg farmers feed mash? 188
74 Is oatmeal a good food for bantams? 221
75 Are sweet potatoes a good food for fowls? 186
76 Will linseed meal or cottonseed meal take the place of meat? 156
77 Is it advisable to feed green cut bone in winter, even though the fowls have free range? 136
78 How long should the mash food be left before the fowls ? 162
79 Will green cut bone answer for grit? 157
80 Are potato parings good for fowls? 248
81 When fowls have access to grapevines and eat the green grapes will it retard laying? 136
82 Should meat foods be fed to chicks from the start? 163
83 What effect does the feeding of sour or moldy food have? 196
84 How soon in the morning should fowls receive their first meal? 189
85 What arrangement would you suggest for feeding fowls the first feed of the day, if it is not possible for the keeper to see them till very late every morning? 147
86 What would you advise sowing in the yards for green food in early spring? 157
87 Will fowls fatten as well on an all dry food ration as they will by feeding mash foods ? 159
88 Is it a good idea to bury the grain in spaded earth and compel the fowls to scratch for it? 195
89 Does it pay to invest in a feed cooker if one has as many as 500 fowls? 145
90 Will fowls do best if regular hours are observed for feeding? 208
91 How can a small and cheap silo be erected for keeping green food for fowls? 144
92 How long after rape seed is sown will it be ready for the fowls to pasture upon it? 163
93 How many crops of rape can be raised from one seeding ? 145
94 Which is the best of the green foods ? 222
95 Is it best to feed the mash warmed in winter? 170
96 Do old hens require as much food as pullets ? 206
97 What is a good method of feeding cabbage to the fowls ? 198
98 How can beets, turnips and other like vegetables be fed raw with the least waste and to best advantage ? 223