Fakm Poultry 1835 



The following mash is fed dry in a hopper kept open during the afternoon 

 only : 



BY WEIGHT BY MEASURE 



Winter and Summer Winter and Summer 



Corn meal 60 lbs. Corn meal 57 qts. 



Wheat middlings 60 lbs. Wheat middlings 71 qts. 



Wheat bran 30 lbs. Wheat liran 57 qts. 



Alfalfa meal 10 lbs. Alfalfa meal 20 qts. 



Oil meal 10 lbs. Oil meal 8 qts. 



Beef scrap 50 lbs. l?eef scrap 43 qts. 



Salt 1 lb. Salt 1/2 qt. 



The fowls should eat about one-half as much masli l)y weight as whole 

 grain. Regulate the proportion of grain and ground feed by giving a light 

 feeding of grain in the morning and about all they will consume at the 

 afternoon feeding (in time to find grain before dark). In the case of 

 pullets or fowls in heavy laying, restrict both night and morning feeding 

 to induce heavy eating of dry mash, especially in the case of hens. This 

 ration should be supplemented with beets, cabbage, sprouted oats, green 

 clover or otiicr succulent food, unless running on grass covered range. Grit, 

 cracked oyster shell and charcoal sliould be accessible at all times. Green 

 food should not be fed in a frozen condition. All feed and litter used should 

 be strictly sweet, clean and free from mustiness, mold or decay. Serious 

 losses frequently occur from disease, due to the fowls taking into their 

 bodies, through their intestinal tract or lungs, the spores of the fungus 

 causing molds. 



