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or soft condition than it is to feed this food at any 

 particular time of day. 



All poultrymen believe that it is important to 

 give the laying hens considerable exercise, par- 

 ticularly during the winter months, and when they 

 are more or less closely confined. This may be 

 accomplished, in part, by requiring them to scratch 

 in the litter for their grain food. 



FIG. 60. Feed trough protected by a revolving rod. 



Equal parts of corn and oats ground, mixed 

 with an equal weight of wheat bran and fine mid- 

 dlings, make an excellent soft food when moist- 

 ened with milk or water. That is, the bran and 

 fine middlings together constitute one-half the 

 weight of the ration. The proportion of bran and 

 fine middlings may be varied somewhat. If the 

 mixture appears too sticky, less middlings and 

 more bran should be used. It is usually preferred 

 thoroughly wet; that is, enough milk or water 



