36 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Professor Graham. Any one of the mashes that we threw 

 on the screen, and two parts of cracked corn and one of wheat 

 for scratch feed, fed in the way I mentioned, and plenty of 

 green feed, will give you good results. Besides keeping a 

 dry mash in the hopper, feed them a wet mash once a day, — 

 all they will eat. 



Mr. TowNE. I would like to ask what kinds of grain you 

 use for the dry mash, and in what proportions ? 



Professor Graham. It is composed of 100 poimds of each 

 of the following : wheat bran, flour middlings, gromid oats, 

 corn meal, gluten feed, beef scrap and linseed meal. 



Mr. J. H. Wheeler. What time of day would you feed 

 the wet mash ? 



Professor Graham. We feed the wet mash about 2 o'clock 

 in the afternoon, because it is convenient for the men to do 

 it at that time. The exact hour of feeding is not an impor- 

 tant factor. In general, I should say it should be fed at the 

 period of the day that will fit in with the other work on the 

 farm. The hour at which it is fed will determine the amount 

 given at that particular time. As a general statement, the 

 later it is fed the more you can give. If the hens will fill 

 up on it early in the day the amount of exercise taken will 

 be decreased, and whether breeders or layers, we want to 

 induce as much exercise as possible. If the wet mash is 

 given in the morning feed about half what they will eat; 

 if at noon, a little more ; and at night all they will eat. 



Mr. Laporte. What do you think about feeding beet 

 pulp ? 



Professor GRAiiAT^r. It has just about the same feeding 

 value as green beets, and you can feed it in the same quan- 

 tities. We soak it first and feed it in a trough. A good 

 many people mix up a mash with such material as beet pul]:), 

 cooked vegetables, etc., but in some way, for some reason, I 

 never liked to do it ; it never looked good to me — never 

 looked as though I would like to eat it myself. (Laughter.) 



Probably it is a notion of mine, but I would feed it in a 

 trough. You con get the shredded beet pulp, which is very 

 fine indeed. I think that is the better to buy ; it soaks up 



