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Table Scraps. 



Table scraps are very palatable and therefore forcing. 

 Almost all kinds of scraps can be fed except pickles, orange and 

 banana peeling, coffee grounds and things that are very salty. 

 They should not be allowed to accumulate but fed daily if 

 possible, especially in warm weather. One should not forget 

 that his neighbors are generally glad to have their waste used 

 for production. It is particularly true during this period of 

 stress, when feeds are so high and we are being urged to con- 

 serve in every way. Wasting food these days for either man or 

 beast is unpardonable. 



Method of Feeding. 

 Most back yard flocks consist of about twelve hens, so the 

 amounts mentioned will be sufiicient for that number. Those 

 having a larger or smaller flock can feed a proportional amount. 

 It must be kept in mind that the back yard flock is kept for 

 egg production, and the method recommended is very forcing. 

 The following is for general use: The dry mash is kept before 

 the hens in a hopper at all times, and, if a very forcing method 

 is desired, some of the same mash can be moistened with water 

 or milk and fed once a day. The table scraps may be added to 

 the wet mash or fed separately at the discretion of the owner. 

 It makes very little difference when the wet mash is fed, but it 

 should be given at a regular time each day. The writer feeds 

 his wet mash as early in the morning as possible, because it is 

 more convenient to do it at that time. If fed in the morning 

 table scraps can be fed at noon, which gives the hens two 

 palatable feeds of forcing material daily. If one has milk to 

 incorporate in the wet mash some of the meat scraps can be 

 left out. A mash should not be thin and sloppy, but only 

 enough milk or water added to make it crumbly. A dozen 

 hens will eat from 1 to 2 pints of wet mash at a time, depending 

 upon how well they like the dry mash and the palatability 

 of the wet mash. They should not be given more than they 

 will consume in a few minutes; the feeder can soon determine 

 the exact amount. If table scraps are very abundant the 

 amount of wet mash can be reduced considerably unless table 



