THE FEEDING OF POULTRY 369 



Green food is fed in the crumbly mash twice a day during 

 the first two weeks, and thereafter once a day in the litter. 



Chick grit and bone are fed sparingly in the crumbly 

 mash until the chicks become used to it, after which it can be 

 fed in open hoppers. 



Charcoal is fed sparingly in the mash at first, and can 

 later be fed in hoppers, providing the chicks do not over eat 

 of it. 



These rations are in some detail, but they are based on 

 careful, practical study and feeding and give very satis- 

 factory results. Only careful feeding gives the best results 

 in raising chickens. 



Rations for laying hens used in different sections of the 

 United States, quoted from various authorities. 



(In New York State. G. Arthur Bell, in Farmers' Bulletin 287, 

 United States Department of Agriculture.) 



200 Ibs. cracked corn] 



360 Ibs. wheat [ Fed dry in the litter twice daily. 



130 Ibs. oats J 



Also the following dry mash in a hopper : 



32 parts corn meal 

 30 parts meat meal 

 30 parts ground alfalfa 



2 parts oyster shell 



1 part grit 



1 part charcoal 



(In Maine, Bulletin 180, Maine station, page 125.) 



Early in the morning, for each 100 hens, four quarts of 

 screened cracked corn are scattered on the litter, which is 

 six or eight inches deep. This is not mixed in the litter, the 

 birds doing this themselves, as they commence scratching it 

 at once. At 10 A. M. they are fed in the same way two 

 quarts each of wheat and oats. Along one side of the room 



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