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TABLE XV. Whole-Grain Mixture fed Morning and Afternoon in Litter. 



TABLE XVI. Dry Mash fed in a Hopper, open Afternoons only. 



By weight, winter and summer. 



By measure, winter and summer. 





60 Ibs. corn meal 

 60 Ibs. wheat middlings 

 30 Ibs. wheat bran 

 10 Ibs. alfalfa meal 

 10 Ibs. oil meal 

 50 Ibs. beef scrap 

 1 Ib. salt 



57 qts. corn meal 

 71 qts. wheat middlings 

 57 qts. wheat bran 

 20 qts. alfalfa meal 



8 qts. oil meal 

 43 qts. beef scrap 

 Y^ qt. salt 





noon feeding (in time to find grain before dark). In the case of pullets or 

 fowls in heavy laying, restrict both night and morning feeding to induce 

 heavy eating of dry mash, especially in the case of hens. This ration should 

 be supplemented with beets, cabbage, sprouted oats, green clover, or other 

 succulent feed, unless running on grass-covered range. Grit, cracked oyster 

 shell, and charcoal should be accessible at all times. Green feed should not 

 be fed in a frozen condition. All feed and litter used should be strictly sweet, 

 clean, and free from mustiness, mold, or decay. Serious losses frequently 

 occur from disease, due to the fowls taking into their bodies, through their 

 intestinal tract or lungs, the spores of molds." 



California Rations. The following are two dry-mash formulas 

 recommended by the California Station: "They are calculated 

 for 100 hens a day, and if fed with nine to twelve pounds of grain, 

 according to weight of hens, and some green stuff, they will form 

 a well-balanced ration. The mash may be fed wet or dry." 



Quarts. Pounds. 



Bran 6.0 3.0 



Middlings 5 .5 



Linseed meal O. P. . .5 .5 



Gluten feed .8 1.0 



Ground oats 1.0 .75 



Corn meal 1.5 2.25 



Beef scrap 1.0 1.50 



Coarse bone meal. . . 0.5 1.00 



Quarts. Pounds. 



Bran 4.0 2.0 



Alfalfa meal 1.0 .5 



Corn meal 1.0 1.5 



Shorts 2.0 1.5 



Barley meal 1.0 1.1 



Ground beans 1.0 1.1 



Beef scrap 1.0 .5 



Coarse bone meal. . . .5 1.0 



