FEEDIXG FOR EGG PRODUCTION 



73 





amount of grain consumed is slightly in excess of the 

 mash, but in periods of very heavy laying- more mash 

 is consumed. 



Kilt ion No. 5b Ohio Agricultural College Ration 



I Regular ration for layers at Ohio University Poultry 



Plant. 

 Scratch Mixture: 



Cracked corn 3 parts, wheat 2 parts, oats 

 1 part. 



"Dry Mash: 



Corn meal 4 pounds 



Wheat middlings 6 pounds 



Wheat bran 4 pounds 



Mt at scrap 4 pounds 



Oil meal 1 pound 



Alfalfa meal 1 pound 



Charcoal % pound 



Salt 1 tablespoon 



The grain is fed in litter, a light feed in the morn- 

 ing a full feed in the evening. The mash is fed in 

 hoppers which are open all the time or closed a part 

 of the time as necessary to have the birds eat about 

 one-half as much mash as grain. Green feed is given 

 freely, and grit and shell supplied in hoppers. 



II Ohio Experiment Station Ration. 

 Scratch Mixture: 



Cracked corn 4 parts, wheat 2 parts, oats 

 1 part. 



Dry Mash: 



Corn meal 3 pounds 



Wheat bran 2 pounds 



Wheat middlings 1 pound 



Meat scrap 2 pounds 



This is fed in the same manner as the preceding. 



Ration No. b Massachusetts Experiment Station Ration 



Scratch Mixtures: 



I Cracked corn 2 parts, wheat 1 part. 

 II Cracked corn 3 parts, wheat 2 parts. 

 Ill Cracked corn 2 parts, wheat 1 part, oats 1 part. 



Mashes: 



I Wheat bran - 200 pounds 



Wheat middlings 100 pounds 



Corn meal 100 pounds 



Ground alfalfa 100 pounds 



Meat scrap 50 pounds 



Linseed meal 50 pounds 



Gluten meal 50 pounds 



II Wheat bran .-. 100 pounds 



Wheat middlings 100 pounds 



Corn meal 100 pounds 



Fine ground oats 100 pounds 



Ground alfalfa 100 pounds 



Meat scrap 100 pounds 



HI Wheat bran 100 pounds 



Wheat middlings 100 pounds 



Corn meal 100 pounds 



Ground oats 100 pounds 



Gluten feed 100 pounds 



Linseed meal 100 pounds 



Meat scrap 100 pounds 



Any desired combination of the different scratch 

 mixtures and mashes may be made. The method of 

 feeding is to keep dry mash before the hens all the 

 time, and give a light wet mash of the same ingredi- 

 ents about 2 p. m. In the morning, sometime between 

 6 and 9 o'clock, according to convenience, a light feed 

 of the scratch mixture is given in litter. From 3:30 to 

 5 o'clock in the afternoon, according to the time of 

 year, a full feed of the scratch mixture is given. Man- 

 gels and cabbage are fed freely, and shell and grit kept 

 before the hens. 



Ration No. 7b Maine Experiment Station Ration for Pullets 



Grain: 



Morning 4 quarts cracked corn in litter 6 to 8 inches 

 deep to 100 hens; 10 o'clock, 2 quarts wheat, and 2 

 quarts oats to each 100 hens. 

 Dry Mash: 



First month in the laying house (September). 



Bran 300 pounds 



Corn meal 100 pounds 



Low grade flour 100 pounds 



Meat scrap '. 100 pounds 



Second month in laying house. 



Bran 200 pounds 



Corn meal 100 pounds 



Low grade flour 100 pounds 



Gluten meal 100 pounds 



Meat scrap 100 pounds 



Third month same as the second with the addition of 

 50 pounds of linseed meal. 



Fourth month same as the second month given above. 



Fifth moitth same as third month as given above. 



From this time on 50 pounds of linseed meal is put 



into the mash each alternate month. The advantages 



believed to result from this method of varying the 



mash are, better vitality and more even egg production. 



When the birds are not on range sprouted oats are 



used freely for green feed. Grit and oyster shell are 



always provided. 



Ration No. Sb Wisconsin Experiment Station Ration 



I Feed in deep litter, a mixture of grains in the propor- 

 tion of 4 pounds cracked corn to 1 pound each of oats 

 and barley. Give this twice a day a light feed in the 

 morning feed in the morning and a full feed at night. 



Feed in hopper (all the time) a mash mixture at the 

 rate of 100 pounds each of bran, middlings, ground 

 <;orn. and gluten feed, 50 pounds of meat scrap, and 2 

 pounds of salt. 



Feed in trough (three times a week) same mixture 

 of ground feed moistened with milk. 



For green feed give .'prouted oats and mangels. 

 Give grit, oyster shell, charcoal, and water. 

 II Feed in deep litter, scratch mixture in the proportions 

 of 4 pounds of cracked corn to 1 pound of barley. Feed 

 light in the morning and heavy at night. 



Feed in hopper (all the time) mash of equal parts 

 bran, middlings, and corn meal, salted slightly. Green 

 feed and accessories as above. 



Ration No. 9b Minnesota Experiment Station Ration 



I Scratch Mixture: 



Cracked corn 2 parts, wheat 2 parts, oats 1 part. 

 Mash: 



Bran 100 pounds 



Middlings 100 pounds 



Corn meal 100 pounds 



Green cut bone 100 pounds 



Pea meal : 50 pounds 



Give all the scratch feed they will eat the first thing in 

 the morning. About 11 o'clock give the mash, moist but not 

 sloppy. After eating this they should have all the green 

 feed they will eat. About two hours before dark, feed 

 grain, same as in the morning. Keep water, grit, and ground 

 oyster shell always before them. 



II Scratch Mixture: 



Equal parts by weight, of cracked corn, wheat, and 

 oats. (When corn is difficult to obtain barley is 

 substituted for it). - 

 Mash: 



Equal parts by weight, of finely ground corn, oats, 



bran, and shorts. Meat feed is supplied either by 



adding about 10 per cent meat scrap to the mash or 



by giving the hens all the milk they will drink. 



The grain mixture is given twice a day, in litter, at the 



rate of about 7 pounds to each 100 hens in the morning, and 



about 8 pounds in the evening. The mash may be given 



either dry or moist. When fed dry it is kept before the 



birds in hoppers. When fed moist it is given about noon, 



wet with either water or milk, and sometimes with steeped 



clover leaves added. For green' feed when the birds are 



confined to the houses about ten pounds of mangels a day 



are allowed to each 100 hens, or a bunch of clover hay tied 



and suspended by a string is furnished from which the hens 



eat as they wish. Water, grit, and shell are provided. 



Ration No. lOb Purdue Experiment Station Ration 



I Scratch Mixture: Cracked corn 2 parts, wheat 2 



parts, oats 1 part. 

 Mash: 



Bran 5 pounds 



Shorts 5 pounds 



Meat scrap 3% pounds 



Grain scattered in deep straw litter in the morning and 

 evening, about one-third as much in the morning as in the 

 afternoon. Dry mash in hopper always open. Water, grit, 

 and shell were always accessible. 



II Instead of the meat scraps in the above ration give 

 all the milk the birds will drink. In winter in- 

 crease the corn by 1 part, and reduce the wheat the 

 same amount. 



Ill Instead of meat scraps in ration use about the 

 same proportion more rather than less of fish 

 scraps. 



Ration No. lib Oklahoma Experiment Station Ration 



1 Scratch Mixture: Cracked corn 3 parts, .wheat 3 

 parts, oats 1 part. 



Mash: 



Mill run (bran and middlings) 7 pounds 



Corn meal 7 pounds 



Meat scrap 3 pounds 



Alfalfa leaves 2 pounds 



Charcoal % pound 



Give the scratch mixture in litter twice daily, and keep 



the dry mash always before the birds in hoppers. Feed 



sprouted oats, cabbage, mangels or steamed alfalfa for 



green feed, and keep the birds supplied with shell, grit, 



and water. 



II Same as above but scratch mixture equal parts 



cracked corn and kafir corn. 

 Ill Scratch Mixture: Equal parts of wheat and kafir 



corn. 



Mash: 



Mill run .-. 7 pounds 



Corn chop 10 pounds 



Meat scrap 2 pounds 



Bone meal 1 pound 



IV Same as III, but 



Mash: 



Mill run 8 pounds 



Corn chop 7 pounds 



Cottonseed meal 3 pounds 



Bone meal 1 pound 



