SYSTEM OP FEEDING 219 



Scratch Feed. 



Cracked corn 100 lbs. Oats 100 lbs. 



Wheat 100 lbs. 



Each twelve birds are given one pint of this grain mixture in 

 the morning and the same amount in the evening. In addition to 

 these rations green food, shell, and grit are also fed. 



Indiana Rations. — The following laying ration is used and 

 recommended by Purdue University: 



Laying Mash. 



Wheat bran 5 lbs. Meat scrap 3.5 lbs. 



Shorts 5 lbs. 



The following grain ration is recommended to be fed in con- 

 nection with the above mash mixture : 



Scratch Feed. 



Corn 10 lbs. Oats 5 lbs. 



Wheat 10 lbs. 



It is recommended that these mixtures be fed in the proportion 

 of two parts of grain to one part of mash. 



Texas Rations. — The rations fed by the Texas Agricultural 

 College to its own flocks and to its egg-laying contest flocks and 

 recommended to the poultrymen of Texas is as follows : 

 Laying Mash. 



Wheat bran 15 lbs. Ground milo 35 lbs. 



Corn meal 30 lbs. Meat scrap 20 lbs. 



This mash is recommended to be fed in hoppers and available 

 at all times. The following scratch ration is designed and recom- 

 mended to be fed with the Texas mash, night and morning in litter: 

 Scratch Feed. 



^\^lole corn 40 lbs. Whole milo 45 lbs. 



Oats 15 lbs. 



The above mixtures are to be fed in the proportion of one part 

 of mash to one part of grain. 



California Rations. — ^The Poultry Division of the University of 



CaUfornia recommend the following ration as very good for 



laying hens: 



Laying Mash. 



Wheat bran 50 lbs. Cocoanut or soybean or lin- 



Wheat shorts or brown mid- seed or cottonseed meal or 



dhngs 50 lbs. ground beans 10 lbs. 



Ground barley or oats 50 lbs. Meat scrap or fish scrap .... 30 lbs. 



Soybean or linseed meal 10 lbs. Finely ground charcoal 5 lbs. 



Finely sifted dairy salt 1 lb. 



It is recommended that tms mixture be hopper fed. 



