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a full feed of mixed small grains and a little corn. Winter Wheat mash will be eaten 

 up clean at the morning meal; at noon, small grains, sunflower seed, etc. ; at night, all 

 the corn they will eat. 



(2). Ration for Laying Hens. Leghorns. (WYCKOFF). Morning Mash 

 compounded as follows: i bu. corn, 2 bu. oats, ground fine; to each 200 Ibs. of this 

 mixture add 100 Ibs. bran and 5 or 6 Ibs. beef scraps ; moisten with milk ; feed in troughs, 

 returning after ten or fifteen minutes to take up any feed that may be left, and give a 

 second feeding where needed. At noon, green food, mangels or cabbage in winter, 

 clover or kale in summer; sometimes a light feed of mixed grain in litter. Night feed, 

 mixed grain, in winter 2 bu. each wheat, oats, buckwheat, and corn ; in summer the corn 

 in the mixture reduced one-half. 



(3). Ration for Twelve Fowls. (BOYER). Dump all kitchen scraps into an old 

 pot, and cook each evening; salt when cooking. In the morning heat up again. Scald 

 i pint bran, i pint equal parts ground oats and corn meal; mix with the scraps. Twice 

 a week add a little condition powder or charcoal and sulphur. Feed 2 qts., (less rather 

 than more) to twelve hens. At noon feed i pt. of wheat or oats in litter; at night, i qt. 

 of wheat, oats, or (in winter) cracked corn in litter, feeding the grains in regular rotation. 



(4). Ration for Fowls Kept on the Colony Plan. (WILBOUR). Morning feed, 

 cooked vegetables and mixed meals; afternoon feed, whole corn the year round. 



(5). Ration for Laying Hens. (DAWLEY). Morning, mash, clover hay or 

 crimson clover steamed over night ; in the morning stirred up with a mixed feed of 100 

 Ibs. coarse wheat bran, 75 Ibs. yellow corn meal, 100 Ibs. ground oats, 50 to 75 Ibs. 

 linseed meal, a little charcoal, salt. Feed all they wijl eat clean. Noon, green bone 

 and vegetables. Night, whole wheat and a little corn. 



(6). Ration for Fifty Laying Hens. (Mrs. REED). A little grain scattered over 

 night for an early morning feed. Mash when the sun is about two hours high ; take for 

 fifty hens 8 qts. boiling water, i tablespoon fine salt, i teaspoon cayenne pepper, i teacup 

 drippings or fat; into this stir corn meal 2 parts, wheat bran i part to make a soft 

 dough not a batter. Feed very hot, in troughs, as much as they will eat up clean in 

 one-half hour. Noon feed, house scraps. Evening feed, grain, principally corn on 

 the cob ; wheat, rye, oats, barley, and buckwheat used with corn in rotation. 



(7). Ration for Laying Breeding Stock. (NESMITH). Morning, a full feed 

 of whole grain, principally wheat ; but barley, oats, buckwheat used often. Noon, a 

 light feed of grain. Evening, mash, of dried bread, cut clover, beef scraps and mixed 

 meals, well cooked and fed warm not hot all they will eat. 



(8). Laying Ration for Twelve Wyandottes. (PATTON). Morning, i qt. 

 wheat in litter. Noon, green food, clover, mangels. or cabbage. Evening, mash, 

 8 parts corn meal, 8 parts fine bran, 4 parts buckwheat middlings, 3 parts meat meal, 2 

 parts oil meal, a little salt; all mixed in warm water and fed crumbly, all they will eat 

 clean. 



(9). Ration for Laying Hens. Leghorns in Cold House. (EWING & Fox). 

 Morning, mash, 2 parts bran, i part corn meal, i qt. cut bone to 40 hens added every 

 other day; condition powder once a week. Noon, cabbage and a little grain, generally 

 oats or barley. Night, wheat and corn, alternating. 



(10). Ration for Adult Fowls. (CURTIS). Morning, mash one-half bran, the 

 other half boiled potatoes, cracked corn, ground wheat, chopped oats, any special article 

 at hand. Afternoon, whole grain, in litter, corn and wheat, in summer equal parts; 

 in winter two-thirds corn, one-third wheat. 



