FEEDING OF FOWLS 65 



Clover $1.12 



Wheat 2.28 



Oats 1.52 



Corn 3.84 



Dry mash 3.11 



Beef scrap 73 



Grit, shells, turnips 50 



Straw 53 



Total $13.63 



The total cost of feed for the 100 hens for the 12 mo. 

 of the year was $163.56, which gives a cost per hen 

 per year of $1.63^. During the year the hens produced 

 an average of 130 eggs, or 10i%2 doz. These were sold 

 for an average of 30c. per doz., making the value of the 

 eggs produced $3.25 per hen. This gives a profit of 

 $1.61^2 per hen over the feeding cost. 



Feeding Schedule for Laying Hens. The following 

 feeding schedule adapted to the needs of a flock of 500 

 Single-Comb White Leghorns has been used successfully 

 on a large commercial poultry farm for a number of 

 years. The same feeding schedule may be adapted to 

 any conditions or to any number of fowls by pro- 

 portionate increases or decreases in the quantities of 

 each item fed. 



FEEDING SCHEDULE FOR 500 FOWLS 

 7 A. M. Wet Mash. About 31 qt. (fed in troughs in 



house) made up as follows: 

 Ingredients Quarts 



Steamed clover 5 



Wheat middlings 5 



Corn meal 7J4 



Bran 7 l /t 



Meat scrap 3J4 



Linseed meal 1 



Charcoal & 



Oyster shell V\ 



