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way of high egg records, as well as along other lines. Prof. W. R. 

 Graham told us that his method of feeding these hens was as follows : 



Equal parts of cracked corn and wheat, and ground oats, kept 

 in a hopper where the hens can get to them at all times. Buttermilk 

 kept before them as a drink and no water allowed the hens at any 

 time. 



This is certainly a very simple ration, and it has proven most 

 satisfactory at this Station. 



CORNELL METHOD OF FEEDING FATNESS AS A FACTOR IN 

 FEEDING FOR EGG PRODUCTION. 



(Prof. J. E. Rice, Ithaca, N. Y.) 



The rations that we are feeding is as follows : Twenty parts corn, 

 twenty wheat, ten oats. Mix and feed lightly in morning in litter; 

 and about all they will eat at night in litter. Feed dry in a hopper, 

 left open all the afternoon, a mixture of six corn meal, six wheat 

 middlings, three wheat bran, one oil meal, one alfalfa meal, five beef 

 scrap and add seven-tenths (.7) pound salt (one teaspoonful). Feed 

 in the proportion of about two pounds grain to one pound ground 

 feed. This is for egg production. You will find that the last state- 

 ment is an important factor in any ration. If you were to allow these 

 hens to eat three or four pounds of grain for every pound of ground 

 feed they would not be getting enough of the ground feed ration. 

 You will find it hard to get them to eat more than one-third by weight 

 of ground feed. The only way you can regulate the amount of grain 

 with the ground feed is by the amount you feed in the morning. If 

 you feed only a small amount of grain in the morning and make them 

 work for it, when you open the hoppers for the noon meal they will 



Figure 13. A very fat Plymouth Rock hen found, on being killed, to be in perfect lay- 

 ing condition, with one egg fully formed and others in various stages of development. 



eat more than they otherwise would. If they have too much grain in 

 the morning they will not eat enough mash. Leave the hopper of 

 ground feed open during the afternoon; they will not eat too much, 

 but will be hungry for the night feeding. 



