FEEDING FARM POULTRY 263 



different from what any poultry raiser himself can 

 prepare at a cost considerably under what the retail 

 merchant sells them for. 



Weaned Chicks on Good Range may be fed a 

 mash in the morning, with cracked corn, or other 

 grain, or mixture of grains, scattered broadcast over 

 the range, and the mash again in the evening. The 

 mixture scattered over the range should be a day's 

 allowance. Young chickens on good range are often 



LEGHORN FLOCK AT RANGE 



Nothing is better for poultry, especially layers, than free range on clover 

 or alfalfa. The fowls not only get exercise, but gather a large quantity 

 of protein in highly available form. 



fed the table scraps mixed with corn meal, shorts 

 and bran. These are served in equal parts, once a 

 day. Cracked corn is kept in troughs or hoppers at 

 all times. 



A ration recommended by the Maine station for 

 young chickens in brooders is as follows : Boil the 

 infertile eggs for a half hour; grmd, shell and all, 

 in a meat chopper, and mix with rolled oats, six 

 times the bulk of the eggs ; feed with chick grit on 



