276 FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



during winter. Provide a scratching pen. Keep 

 this in a deep litter of cut or fine straw, both dry 

 and clean, and scatter the grains in it. The hens 

 will have to work to eat ; and by thus exercising, 

 they will not grow fat ; and if not fat but active and 

 vigorous, they will naturally lay eggs. 



Tried Ration for Laying Hens. The Cornell sta- 

 tion has tested many combinations in search of the 

 best grain mixtures for the winter production of 

 eggs. As a result of these feeding tests the follow- 

 ing ration has been suggested : For grain, mix 100 

 pounds of wheat, 100 pounds of cracked corn and 50 

 pounds of oats and feed in deep litter sparingly in 

 the morning and freely at night. Mash fed in the 

 afternoon in hoppers consists of the following: 60 

 pounds of wheat middlings, 60 pounds of corn meal, 

 50 pounds of beef scrap, 30 pounds of wheat bran, 

 10 pounds of alfalfa meal, 10 pounds of linseed oil 

 meal and a half pound of salt. 



