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THE RURAL EFFICIENCY GUIDE STOCK 



Grain Mixture. 



(Winter Ration.) 

 Wheat, 3 parts by weight. 

 Corn, 2 parts by weight. 

 Oats, 1 part by weight. 



Whole Grain Mixture. 



By weight. By measure. 



Corn 60 pounds 36 quarts 



Wheat 60 pounds 32 quarts 



Oats 30 pounds 30 quarts 



Buckwheat .30 pounds 20 quarts 



Whole Grain Mixture. 

 (For Summer.) 



By weight. By measure. 



Corn 60 pounds 36 quarts 



Wheat 60 pounds 32 quarts 



Oats 30 pounds 30 quarts 



Dry Mash. 



(Winter Ration.) 

 60 pounds of cornmeal. 

 60 pounds wheat middlings or shorts. 

 50 pounds meat scraps. 

 30 pounds wheat bran. 

 10 pounds linseed oil meal. 



10 pounds milled alfalfa. 



11 pounds salt. 



Mash Mixture. 

 (For Winter and Summer.) 



By By 



Weight. Measure. 



W r heat middlings. . .60 Ibs. 71 qts. 

 Cornmeal .......... 60 Ibs. 



Wheat bran ......... 30 Ibs. 



Oil meal ........... 10 Ibs. 



Alfala meal ........ 10 Ibs. 



Beef scrap .......... 50 Ibs. 



Salt ............... 1 Ib. 



57 qts. 

 57 qts. 

 8 qts. 

 20 qts, 

 43 qts. 

 Y* qt. 



This mash mixture is fed in dry hoppers kept open only in the afternoon. 

 The whole grain feed should be restricted so that they will eat at least one- 

 third ground feed. 



Dry Mash. 



Bran 5 pounds 



Shorts 5 pounds 



Meat Scraps 3*4 pounds 



Grain Mixture. 



Corn 10 pounds 



Wheat 10 pounds 



Oats 5 pounds 



25 pounds 



In order to keep the above feed properly balanced the 13^ pounds of 

 mash should be consumed in the same time as the 25 pounds of whole grain. 

 Hens are inclined to eat too much of the whole grain and slight the mashes. 

 This must be prevented. The above mixtures are figured out for confined 

 hens and should be varied to meet other conditions. 



Grain Mixture. 

 Wheat, 10 parts by weight. 

 Corn (cracked preferred), 10 parts by 



weight. 

 Oats, 5 parts by weight. 



Dry Mash. 



Corn meal, 6 parts by weight. 

 Middlings, 6 parts by weight. 

 Bran, 3 parts by weight. 

 Beef scrap, 5 parts by weight. 

 Oilmeal, 1 part by weight. 

 Alfalfa meal, 1 part by weight. 



