FEEDING FOR EGG PRODUCTION 



75 



Cocoanut meal 7 pounds 



Meat or fish scrap 7 pounds 



The grain should be fed in litter. The mash may be 

 given either dry or moist. If fed moist the amount of ani- 

 mal matter in it should be reduced and some meat or fish 

 scrap fed in a hopper. 



Ration No. 19b California Experiment Station Ration 



Scratch mixture Whole or rolled barley 2 parts, Egyp- 

 tian corn or milo maize 1 part, cracked corn 1 part. 

 Mash: 



Wheat bran 50 pounds 



Middlings 50 pounds 



Ground barley or oats 50 pounds 



Soy bean or linseed meal 10 pounds 



Cocoanut or soy bean, or linseed 

 or cottonseed meal, or ground 



beans 10 pounds 



Meat scrap or fish scrap 30 pounds 



Pine granulated charcoal 5 pounds 



Pine salt 1 pound 



The mash may be fed either dry or moist. Wheat may 

 be used in the scratch mixture in moderate quantity to re- 

 place all or a part of any one of the other grains. If sour 

 milk or buttermilk can be kept constantly before the hens, 

 no meat scrap need be fed. Fresh raw ground bone may 

 also be substituted for meat scrap if fed at the rate of a 

 half an ounce a day. 



Ration No. 20b Kansas Experiment Station Ration 



Scratch mixture Wheat 2 parts, cracked corn 2 parts, 



oats 1 part. 

 Mash: 



Shorts 6 pounds 



Bran 3 pounds 



Corn meal 6 pounds 



Meat scrap 5 pounds 



Alfalfa meal 1 pound 



Give green feed liberally, and substitute milk for meat 

 scrap whenever a supply of it is available. 



Kafir corn and buckwheat may be included in the grain 

 mixture, or substituted for some of the other ingredients. 

 Other meals, such as linseed meal, pea meal, soy bean meal, 

 and cottonseed meal may be added to the mash in small 

 quantities. 



Ration No. 27I> >1:ir\ land Experiment Station Ration 



Scratch mixture Equal parts of cracked corn, wheat, 



and oats. 

 Mash: 



Bran 100 pounds 



Middlings 50 pounds 



Corn meal 50 pounds 



Linseed meal 50 pounds 



Meat scrap 50 pounds 



Charcoal 2 pounds 



Salt 2 pounds 



To a pen of 40 hens two quarts of the grain mixture is 

 riven early in the morning. Between 8 and 9 o'clock from 

 t to 5 pounds of cabbage. At noon the same amount of 

 jrain as in the morning. The dry mash is accessible to the 

 }irds at all times. Fresh water, shell, and grit are kept 

 by them. 



Ration No. 28b Kentucky Agricultural College Ration 



Grain Mixtures: 



Pounds 



I Cracked corn 50 



Heavy oats 20 



Barley 20 



Wheat 10 



II Cracked corn .70 



Heavy oats 30 



III Cracked corn. 

 Dry Mashes: 



I Ship stuff 



Corn meal 



Ground oats. 

 Meat scraps . 



II Ship stuff 



Corn meal ... 

 Meat scrap ... 



Ill Corn meal 



Meat scrap ... 

 Ground oats 



or 

 or 

 or 

 or 

 or 

 or 



Quarts 



30 

 20 



13J4 

 5% 

 42 

 30 



.40 

 .20 

 .20 

 .20 

 .50 

 .30 

 .20 

 .40 

 .25 

 .20 



or 60% 



or 18 



or 46% 



or 11 



or 75% 



or 27 



or 11 



or 36 



or 13% 



or 46% 



Alfalfa meal 15 or 27 



Any one of the grain mixtures may be fed with any 

 of the mashes. The grain should be scattered in litter, 

 about one-third of the total amount fed in the morning and 

 two-thirds in the evening. The dry mash should be kept 

 before the birds all the time. Green feed should be fed to 

 all hens during the winter, and in the summer to birds in 

 confinement. Water, shell, grit, and charcoal should be kept 

 before the birds all the time. 



Ration No. 29b West Virginia Experiment Station Ration 



Scratch Feed: 



Cracked corn 60 pounds 



Wheat 60 pounds 



Oats 40 pounds 



Barley 20 pounds 



Buckwheat . 10 pounds 



Mash: 



Wheat bran 200 pounds 



Corn meal 100 pounds 



Ground oats 100 pounds 



Gluten feed 100 pounds 



Wheat middlings 100 pounds 



Meat scrap 100 pounds 



The grain is fed in litter twice a day. The mash may 

 be fed either wet or dry. Cabbage, mangels, sprouted oats, 

 cut alfalfa, and beet pulp 'may be used for succulent feed. 

 Grit and shell are provided. 



Ration No. 3Ob Louisiana Agricultural College Ration 



Scratch grain- Summer Morning, oats: night, oats 3 

 parts, cracked corn 1 part. Winter Morning, 

 cracked corn 1 part, oats 2 parts; night, corn. 



Mash: 



Corn meal 30 pounds 



Wheat bran 30 pounds 



Cottonseed meal 15 pounds 



Keep the mash before the birds at all times Give other 

 grains occasionally as available to add variety. Give suc- 

 culent green feed and provide grit and shell. 



Ration No. 31 1> Texas Experiment Station Ration 



Scratch mixture A variety of grains, principally 

 cracked corn, supplemented' with milo, wheat, oats, 

 etc. Or, milo may be uted as the sole or principal 

 grain. The mash given is especially for use with 

 milo. 



Mash: 



I Wheat bran 70 pounds 



Wheat shorts 50 pounds 



Cottonseed meal 60 pounds 



Milo meal 20 pounds 



II Wheat bran 50 pounds 



Wheat shorts 60 pounds 



Cottonseed meal 30 pounds 



Meat scrap 22.5 pounds 



Milo meal .-.20 pounds 



The grains are fed as a scratch feed in litter, a light 

 feed in the morning and a full feed in the evening. The 

 mash is fed in hoppers which are opened at noon and left 

 open until the grain is fed in the evening. Green feed is 

 supplied plentifully, and water and some kind of shell- 

 forming material are kept before the birds all the time. 



Ration No. 32b New Hampshire Agricultural College Ration 



Scratch Mixture: 



Cracked corn 6 parts 



Oats 6 parts 



Buckwheat 4 parts 



Rye 5 parts 



Mash: 



Corn meal 100 pounds 



Bran 100 pounds 



White middlings .-.100 pounds 



Ground oats 100 pounds 



Cut clover 100 pounds 



Meat scrap 50 pounds 



The grain is fed three times a day in deep litter. In 

 the coldest winter months the quantity of corn is doubled. 

 If rye and buckwheat are not available, wheat screenings 

 are used in their place. The dry mash is kept always be- 

 fore the hens. It is varied occasionally by the addition of 

 one part of pea meal, barley meal, or rye meal. Cabbage, 

 mangels, turnips, and sprouted oats are used for succulence. 



Ration No. 33b Macdonald Agricultural College Ration 



Scratch mixture In winter, 2 parts cracked corn, 2 

 parts wheat, 1 part oats or buckwheat. In summer 

 use less corn. 

 Mash: 



Wheat bran 200 pounds 



Crushed oats 120 pounds 



Corn meal 100 pounds 



Middlings 100 pounds 



Meat scraps 60 pounds 



Charcoal r 20 pounds 



The grain is fed in litter morning and evening. The 

 mash is fed at noon in troughs, having been moistened with 

 milk or water. The mash may be fed dry in hoppers, if 

 desired. Cabbage, mangels, turnips, and sprouted oats are 

 used for green feed. Water, grit, and shell are kept before 

 the hens all the time. Milk is given when available. 



Ration No. :: lit Storrs, Connecticut, Laying Contest Ration 



I Ration Used in Earlier Contests. 



Scratch Mixture: 



Cracked corn 60 pounds 



Wheat 60 pounds 



Heavy white oats 40 pounds 



Barley 20 pounds 



Kafir corn 10 pounds 



Buckwheat 10 pounds 



Dry Mash: 



Coarse wheat bran 200 pounds 



Corn meal 100 pounds 



Gluten feed 100 pounds 



Ground oats 100 pounds 



Standard middlings 75 pounds 



Pish scrap 45 pounds 



Meat scrap 45 pounds 



Low grade flour 25 pounds 



II Ration Used in Recent Contests: 



Scratch mixture Equal parts of wheat and cracked 

 corn. 



