128 PROGRESSIVE POULTRY CULTURE 



duction, but the maintenance standard shows emphat- 

 icaJHy that a large amount of the rations consumed by 

 fowls is used to keep them in life andi health. 



Wihen in adddtion to maintenance, it is desired to 

 secure from) the fowls a large production of eggs the 

 rations must 'be larger and also richer in protein nutri- 

 ents. 



STANDARDS FOB LAYING RATIONS. 



Digestive Nutrients Per Day, Per Each 100 Ibs. 

 Live Weight of Fowls. 



A combination of feed-stuffs which meets thfe re- 

 quirements of the standard for hems of 3-5 Ibs. live 

 weight is the following: Corn (maize) 3 Ibs., wheat 2 

 Ibs., beef scrap 1 lb., clover hay 1 Ib. This is especially 

 well adapted for dry feeding in the winter time. 



The experiment station suggests the following daily 

 ration for hens of 5-8 Ibs. live weight: Cracked) corn 

 1 lb., wheat 3-4 lb., corn meal 3-4 lb., wheat middlings 

 1-2 lb., buckwheat middlings 1-2 lb., animal meal 1-2 

 lb., fresh bone 2-3 lb., young green alfalfa 3-4 lb. This 

 daily ration is adapted' to summer feeding and the 

 ground feed-stuffs may, if desired, be fed as moist mash- 

 es or, if preferred, these may be fed! dry in hoppers. 



Growing chickens require rations having narrow 

 nutritive ratios, even narrower than those for lay- 

 ing hens. Protetin nutrients must be supplied to them 

 abundantly for use in making muscles, the ossein of 

 bones, the collagen of tendons and the nitrogenous parts 

 of brains, nerves, feathers, etc., etc. 



These standard are for feeding chickens from hatch- 

 ing time up to three months of age. 



