52 THE HOME POULTRY BOOK 
ously in order to get the grain which has been ac- 
cumulating from day to day. On one commercial 
plant, the evening meal on Sunday is always omit- 
ted. 
There are hoppers in great variety and at low 
prices. The kind which may be easily closed at 
night and which are made of metal are particularly 
desirable, because they prevent loss of grain from 
the depredations of rats and mice. A hopper may 
be easily made at home, however, by using a soap 
box, and a few moments’ study of a ready-made 
hopper at the store will be enough to suggest to a 
man handy with tools how to go about the job. The 
amateur with but little time at his disposal will do 
well to use a hopper large enough to hold sufficient 
mash for a week or more. 
If one prefers to mix his own mash, he may adopt 
one of several formulas. A simple one is: Three 
parts bran, two parts ground oats, two parts mid- 
dling, one part corn meal and one part beef scraps. 
This would need to be supplemented with green 
food of some kind. Here is another combination: 
Twelve lbs. corn meal, 6 lbs. wheat bran, 12 Ibs. 
wheat middlings, 10 Ibs. meat scraps, 2 lbs. oil meal, 
4 lbs. alfalfa meal. 
