14 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



morning for each lOO hens, four quarts of whole or cracked 

 corn is scattered on the htter, which is six to eight inches deep 

 on the floor. This is not mixed mto the Htter, for the straw is 

 dry and hght and enough of the grain is hidden so the birds 

 commence scratching for it almost immediately. At 1 1 o'clock 

 they are fed in the same way two quarts of wheat and two 

 quarts of oats. This is all of the regular feeding that is done. 



COMPOSITION OF DRY MASH FED TO LAYING PULLETS. 



First month in laying house. 



Bran 300 lbs. 



Corn meal 100 lbs. 



Daisy flour (or other low-grade flour) 100 lbs. 



Meat scrap 100 lbs. 



Second month in laying house. 



Bran 200 lbs. 



Corn meal 100 lbs. 



Daisy flour (or other low-grade flour) 100 lbs. 



Gluten meal 100 lbs 



Meat scrap 100 lbs. 



Third month in the laying house. 



The mash has the same composition as that of the second 

 month given above zvith the addition of jo pounds of linseed 

 meal. 

 Fourth month in the laying house. 



The mash has the same composition as that of the second 

 month given above. 

 Fifth mo7ith in the laying house. 



The mash has the same composition as that of the third 

 month 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. 



Beans. 

 Several years ago the Experiment Station undertook some 

 breeding work with beans. The immediate problem for which 

 the work was undertaken was to procure true-breeding strains 



