MAINi; AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION I9II 281 



Methods of Poultry Feeding Nozo in Use at the Maine Station. 



The methods of feeding the flock of Barred Plymouth Rocks 

 at the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station were consider- 

 ably modified some years ago. 



The methods now in use are as follows : 



I. Rations for Layuig Pullets. 

 Dry grain (fed in litter). 



Early morning feed — cracked corn. 

 10.30 A. M. feed — equal parts wheat and oats. 

 These grains are fed each time at about the rate of two quarts to each 

 50 birds. 



Dry Mash. 



First month in laying house. 



Wheat bran 300 lbs. 



Corn meal 100 



Daisy flour* 100 " 



Meat scrap 100 " 



Second month in laying house. 



Wheat bran 2CO lbs. 



Corn meal lOO 



Daisy flour* lOO " 



Gluten feed 100 " 



Meat scrap 100 " 



Third month in laying house. 



The mash has the same composition as that of the second 

 month given above zi-ith the addition of 30 pounds of lin- 

 seed meal. 

 Fourth month in laying house. 



The mash has the same composition as that of the second 

 month given above. 

 Fifth month in laying house. 



The mash has the same composition as that of the third month 

 as given above. 



From this time on 50 pounds of linseed meal are put into 

 the mash as given for the second month above, every alternate 

 month. That is to say, one month linseed meal is fed and the 

 next month it is not. 



This dry mash made as described above is kept before the 

 birds all the time in open hoppers of the t}'pe which has been 

 described in previous publications from this Station. 

 Green food. 



Either green sprouted oats, cabbages, mangolds, green corn 

 fodder (cut fine), or a mixture of these. 



* 



Or other low grade flour. 



