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THE LEGHORNS 



the litter every 



Remove droppings every day 

 two or three weeks. 



"Ration, summer, from May 1st to October 1st: Omit 

 the buckwheat in the hard grains and use only one part 

 corn. In the mash food omit the linseed meal and alfalfa 

 •or clover and mix same with cool water or skimmed milk, 

 ifeed very dry. In place of straw in the scratching sheds 

 use sand. Feed all hard grains in the yards, that is to 

 say, scatter the grain around the yard. For green food 

 use fresh cut clover and sprouted oats. Beef scraps, char- 

 -coal and oyster shell and grit before the birds all the time. 

 Give the birds cool drink- 

 ing water twice a day. 

 Plow up the yards every 

 fall, and sow to rye and 

 clover. Don't allow any 

 birds in the yards until the 

 rye is five inches tall." F. 

 W. Christie. 



■"Our method is a dry 

 mash always before them. 

 During the cold weather 

 they have a warm mash 

 about 10 o'clock, a light 

 feed of grain about 1 

 o'clock, and a heavy feed 

 of grain at night, enough 

 so there will be some left 

 in the litter for morning. 

 The mash used is some- 

 what similar to that used 

 by the Maine Experiment 

 Station; consider oats and 

 corn two best grains." F. 

 5. Nicholson. 



'•'We find that with a 

 'slight variation the best 

 'ration for laying and breed- 

 ing stock is the same as 

 for chicks." W. R. Sperry. 



"White Leghorns are the 

 easiest chicks in the world 

 to raise, they are born 

 hustlers and require very 

 little attention. We feeil 

 in hoppers during the sum- 

 mer and in litter after they 

 go into their laying quar- 

 ters." Turley & Scobee. 



"I use wheat, corn and 

 oats wholly, with plenty of 

 beef scrap and green food." 

 Harlo J. Fiske. 



"Dry Mash before them 

 all the time. 100 lbs. bran. 

 100 lbs. meal, 50 lbs. mid- 

 dlings. Beef scrap fed by 

 itself. Wheat in litter in 

 morning, cracked corn in 

 litter at night. If penned, 

 green food must be sup- 

 plied. Pure water. Drop- 

 pings removed regularly." 

 C. M. Walker. 



"Mash composed of bran, 

 ground corn, white mid- 

 dlings, ground oats, equal parts, fed in morning, ^ the 

 bulk steamed alfalfa or clover. In summer clover or alfal- 

 fa is green. Other two feeds use corn, wheat, buckwheat, 

 barley and oats. 10 to 12 pounds beets to each 100 hens. 

 Green bone three times a week, omitting grain food when 

 we feed bone." J. LeRoy Cunningham. 



"My laying stock I feed a mash in the morning com- 

 posed of oat bran middlings, ,\ small quantity of beef 

 scrap. I feed just enough so they will eat it up clean in 

 about a half hour. At noon I feed a light feed of whole 

 wheat, which I throw in deep litter. Late in afternoon 



1 give another feed of grain, about 1 part whole wheat, 



2 parts of cracked corn." H. F. Meister. 



"Give them good clean, dry quarters, plenty of fresh 

 water and all the fresh green stuff you can in case fowls 

 .are yarded. Dry mash before them, mixed as follows: 



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35 per cent wheat middlings, 30 per cent wheat bran, 35 

 per cent cornmeal, add 1-10 bulk of beef scrap, 1-4 bulk 

 alfalfa shredded. Shells and grit before them. Charcoal 

 also is a good thing. We occasionally mix some fine char- 

 coal in the mash. Grain morning and night of following 

 mixture: Wheat SO per cent, cracked corn 25 per cent, 

 oats 15 per cent, buckwheat 10 per cent. Feed in good 

 litter," 



"Hatch all breeding males with hens; be sure all 

 breeders are first-class in every way. Give your breeders 

 the best of everything you have to give, free range if pos- 

 sible; fine rt=ults can also 

 be had with yarded fowls 

 if proper care is given 

 them." Sands & Beilman 

 Poultry Farm. 



"For layers, morning 

 feed, different whole grains 

 alternated each morning. 

 Green food at noon and a 

 mash at night, slightlv 

 moistened with skimmed 

 mlk (heated) . Plenty of 

 fresh water, oyster shell 

 and grit. Mash made of 

 different ground grains and 

 beef scrap. For breeding 

 stock, same as above, ex- 

 cept dry mash instead of 

 moistened." J. C. Punder- 

 ford. 



"Grain in litter in morn- 

 ing, evening 100 lbs. of 

 wheat, 25 lbs. of corn; hop- 

 per feed oats, bran and 

 beef scrap; at noon, finely 

 cut clover steamed, mixed 

 with middlings." Frank 

 Neville. 



"From 15 to 25 birds in 

 one pen, allowing 3 ft. per 

 bird, 4 is better, with good 

 ventilation, no drafts. 

 Morning feed, good com- 

 mercial scratch food; noon, 

 green food, such as cab- 

 bage, mangels, etc.; night 

 feed, 2-3 oats, 1-3 wheat, 

 keeping good grade com- 

 mercial breakfast mash al- 

 ways before them in dry 

 food hoppers. We have 

 found the above the cheap- 

 est and it produces eggs 

 when eggs are highest." 

 Huber Bros. 



Third — What kind of 

 houses do you recommend 

 for White Leghorns and 

 how much space per bird? 

 "Open air houses to hold 

 about 15 to each pen, pen 

 to be 12x16 ft." Harlo J. 

 Fiske. 



"Open front, 6 square 

 feet." Turley & Scobee. 

 about S square feet of floor 



A graceful and stylish young male, with fine comb an 

 d points, well furnished tail carried at the proper angli 

 : excellent body lines. One of stars of the White Leghor 

 5ses exhibited in 1911. 



"Fresh-air hous 

 space per bird." W. R. Sperry. 



"Shed roof house, 5 ft. in back, 9 ft. in front, 16 ft. 

 wide, with about half of the south front open. 4 square 

 feet." C. M. Walker, 



"Have various kinds. Our best laying flock last win- 

 ter had house room of 10x12 ft. for 40 birds, house had 

 opening in front 15 in. high and about two thirds the 

 length of the house. This was closed only on a very few 

 occasions when the wind blew a storm in, or it was extra 

 cold. Next house built will be an open front." F. S. 

 Nicholson. 



"Large size Tolman house for breeding stock, 100 

 to 125 in each fiock. For layers, partly open front with 

 curtains." J. LeRoy Cunningham. 



