66 FEEDING OF FOWLS 



This mash is moistened with sufficient water 

 to make it sticky, not thin. 



9 A. M. Scratch Feed. About 8 qt. (fed in yards, ex- 

 cept on rainy days, when it is fed in the 

 litter of the houses). This is barley one 

 day and hulled oats the next. 



11 A.. M. Green Feed. About 16 qt. or */ 2 bu. (fed in 

 either the yard or house according to the 

 weather) made up of any succulent food, such 

 as beets, beet tops, turnips, turnip tops, cab- 

 bage, lettuce, or any plant that is bulky enough 

 so that the fowls can get a foothold on it 

 while eating. Vegetables and similar plants 

 need not be chopped up, but lawn grass, rye, 

 clover, or anything of this nature it is ad- 

 visable to cut into ?4-in. lengths. 



1 P. M. Scratch Feed. About 8 qt. (fed in the same 

 way as in the morning scratch feed) made up 

 of equal quantities of wheat and barley, or 

 of wheat and hulled oats. If hulled oats 

 are used in the morning scratch feed, barley 

 should be used in the afternoon, and vice 

 versa. 



5 P. M. (or 1 hr. before sundown). Grain Feed. About 

 30 qt. or all the fowls will eat and a little 

 left over (fed in troughs in houses). On 

 rainy days when the fowls are confined to 

 the house it is well to scatter this feed in 

 the litter in order to provide the necessary 

 exercise. The feed is made up of a mixture 

 of cracked corn and wheat. The proportions 

 of corn and wheat vary with the seasons. 

 In May, June, July, and Aug. the proportion 

 is two-thirds wheat and one-third cracked 

 corn. As the weather becomes cooler the 

 quantity of corn should be increased and the 

 quantity of wheat decreased. For in- 

 stance, if the temperature is likely to drop 

 as low as 40 F. during the night, the 



