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Fresh ground bone, dry beef scraps, milk or meat in some form 

 helps fill the egg basket. 



Remember the egg is more than fifty per cent water, and if you 

 do not keep fresh water before your hens at all times you cannot 

 expect eggs. 



(iive plenty of bran to the laying hens and growing chicks. They 



An orchard which is cultivated and sown in rye. oats, wheat or rape, is a good place 

 in which to grow young chickens. 



eat a lot of it, and it is a cheap food, also a good bowel regulator, and 

 adds bulk to the feed. 



Millet and rye are not recommended as good poultry foods, especi- 

 ally the rye. 



There is no objection to cooked feeds, but the results do not pay 

 for the extra trouble. 



FORCING HENS FOR WINTER EGGS WHY SOME HENS 



DON'T LAY. 



The winter months are not the natural laying season for a hen. 

 If you expect eggs during these months, you must provide her with 

 as near summer conditions as possible. It is not necessary to heat 

 your houses, but they must be comfortable. The hen must have 

 exercise. She must be provided with green food and with meat food. 

 The hens must be bred right and have a natural born tendency to lay. 



The following ration is a good one for winter egg production. 

 You may say it contains too many ingredients, and you can't afford 

 to feed such a food, but if you expect eggs in winter, you must feed, 

 feed heavily and feed the right things. You can buy a sack or two 

 of alfalfa meal, beef scraps, etc., from your nearest poultry feed 

 dealer. A few sacks will last the average farmer or poultry raiser all 

 winter, it will help fill your egg basket, and your fowls keep in better 

 condition because of the variety of food they get. The ration is 

 as follows : 



