No. 4.] 



EGG PRODUCTION. 



91 



Cornell Rations for Laying Hens. 

 The following whole grain mixture is fed morning and afternoon 

 in a straw litter: — 



Winter. 



The following mash is fed dry in a hopper kept open during the 

 afternoon only: — ■ 



Winter and Summer. 



Measure 

 (Quarts). 



Corn meal, . 

 Wheat middlings, 

 Wheat bran. 

 Alfalfa meal. 

 Oil meal, 

 Beef scrap, . 

 Salt, . 



The fowls should eat about one-half as much mash by weight as 

 whole grain. Regulate the proportion of grain and ground feed 

 by giving a light feeding of grain in the morning and about all they 

 will consume at the afternoon feeding (in time to find grain before 

 dark). In the case of pullets or fowls in heavy laying, restrict both 

 night and morning feeding to induce heavy eating of dry mash, 

 especially in the case of hens. This ration should be supplemented 

 with beets, cabbage, sprouted oats, green clover or other succulent 

 food, unless running on grass-covered range. Grit, cracked oyster 

 shell and charcoal should be accessible at all limes. Green food 



