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at the present time by prominent and successful breeders near 

 here. There are many other breeders, but I happen to have these 

 by me and have not those of the others. The Basley formula is as 

 follows : By measure, 2 parts heavy bran, 1 part alfalfa meal, 1 

 part corn meal, 1 part oatmeal (called Breakfast Flaked Oats), 1 

 part beef scraps or meat meal or granulated milk, a little pepper and 

 salt; keep this in a hopper or feed box. At noon green feed. In 

 the evening grain, wheat, kaffir corn or cracked corn, barley, hulled 

 oats, equal parts, mixed and scattered in straw in the scratching 

 pen. Fresh water constantly before them ; if they run out of 

 water, the egg yield will stop u I keep before the fowls at all times 

 sharp grit, crushed oyster shells, charcoal and granulated dried bone. 

 At moulting time I add to the grain sunflower seed, and to the 

 dry mash linseed meal. The reason I feed oatmeal is that I always 

 feed for vigor. I want the parent birds to be vigorous and the 

 eggs to have such an amount of protein in them that the chicks 

 will not fail in being vigorous. There is no food equal to oats for 

 giving vigor. The reason I feed alfalfa is that although it shows 

 on analysis almost the same protein content as bran, it gives the 

 yolk of the eggs a rich orange hue which bran fails to impart. All 

 fowls need plenty of green food and clean water. The green food 

 is the cheapest food you can give and keeps the digestive organs 

 in good condition. Green food must be given daily with the fol- 

 lowing : 



Rations of Successful Breeders 



Wilcox Standard Mash 50 Ibs. heavy wheat bran, 20 Ibs. corn 

 meal, 14 Ibs. ground barley, 5 Ibs. oil cake or cotton-seed meal, 

 10 Ibs. beef scrap, 1 Ib. fine charcoal. 



Johnson Formula 80 Ibs. wheat bran, 15 Ibs. alfalfa meal, 15 

 Ibs. cracked raw bone, 1 pint of home-made condiment. 



Bickford Dry Mash One part corn meal, 1 part middlings, 2 

 parts heavy wheat bran, 1-10 part meat or blood meal, 1-10 cot- 

 ton-seed meal, a good handful of salt to one hundred pounds. 



Goodacre Standard Mash Ten Ibs. wheat bran, 2 Ibs. corn 

 meal, 2 Ibs. fine meat meal, 1 Ib. linseed meal. 



Walton's Dry Mash 12 parts wheat bran, 4 parts corn meal, 

 2 parts beef scrap, 2 parts alfalfa meal, 2 parts granulated milk, y 2 

 part charcoal. 



Cowles Dry Mash One part each of corn, wheat and barley 

 ground up together. To 80 Ibs. of the above add 5 Ibs. of blood 

 meal, 5 Ibs. of bone meal, 10 Ibs. of meat meal and a little charcoal. 



For One Dozen Hens 



Rations for one dozen breeding hens, American class, in con- 

 finement, for three days' rotation. 



Monday morning One pint and a half grain, wheat, cracked 

 corn and hulled oats, equal parts mixed and scattered in straw or 

 litter in scratching pen. Noon : Cut clover or lawn clippings. Even- 

 ing : Mash, 1 pt. heavy bran ; 1 qt. ground oats ; 1 pt. corn meal ; 1-3 



