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Report Of N Poultry Manager

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Parent Issue
Day
31
Month
December
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

A. G. Gilbert of tho Canada experi. ment farms reporta that the fact is emIihasized tliat hens reqnire the same sort of food as dairy cows - that is, food rioh in nitrogen. If carbon hydrates are fed in excess the hens bscomo fat and will uot lay well. The following are recomraended as usefnl poultry foods : Cows' I railk, barley middlings, bnckwheat brau, barley bran, rye bran, ooarso whcat bran, cottou seed, millet, wheat, lurnips, oabbage, white clover, red clover and alsike. Cut green bones aro also considered valuable. If they are not easily obtainable cooked meat (liver, luiigs, cto. ) may be snbstituted. Groen foods of some soit are also necessary and cut cloveliay is recominended.

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Ann Arbor Register