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Before beginning to mix the grains, make 

 yourself a large apron with long sleeves, and 

 a cap that will cover your head all over. 

 The dust clings to hair and clothes like 

 flour, and is difficult to brush off. 



Start operations by putting into a dry 

 dish pan two quarts of ground feed and bran 

 and one quart of animal meal. Mix thor- 

 oughly with your hands, and empty into 

 barrel number one; repeat until all the ma- 

 terials are used. This is to form the foun- 

 dation of mash number one. 



Now put two quarts of middlings and one 

 quart of linseed into the dish pan, and mix 

 thoroughly. Put the mixture into barrel 

 number two, repeating as before, till all these 

 ingredients are used. This is mash num- 

 ber two. A saucepan with a close-fitting lid, 

 that will hold five or ten quarts, according 

 to the number of hens, is needed for the 

 mashes. 



To prepare mash number one, take from 

 barrel number one, one quart of the mixture 



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