352 AGRICULTURE FOR COMMON SCHOOLS 



vegetable food from the grass and their animal food from the 

 insects which they can catch. Some mixed grain consisting 

 of corn, kafir corn, and millet seed should be fed in addition. 

 In winter the vegetables can be supplied from cabbage and 

 beets and the animal food from beef scrap. The grain feed 

 in winter can be largely of corn, but wheat screenings, kafir 

 corn, oats, and millet seed should also be given. During cold 

 weather a mash made from equal parts of corn-meal and 



93. THIS DOZEN OF BLACK MINORCA EGGS WON THE FIRST 



PRIZE AT THE LEBANON, IND., EGG SHOW, 1908. 



THEY WEIGHED 32^ OUNCES 



wheat bran and a small quantity of beef scrap is a good feed 

 for morning. All poultrymen prefer to feed grain in the 

 evening. For hens kept in confinement such food as they 

 could get when running at large should be supplied as fully 

 as possible. Confined hens should have access to plenty of 

 sand and gravel. Ground oyster-shells and cracked charcoal 

 are also essential. Hens running at large can supply them- 

 selves with grit, but the oyster-shells and charcoal should 

 be at hand for them also. Wken grain is fed it should be 

 thrown into straw or leaves, especially in winter, so that the 

 hens will have to scratch for it. This gives them exercise 

 and warms them up. Fresh and clean water is one of the 



