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feed with grit, oyster shell, and water is a prominent 

 part of this ration. 



The Missouri ration, as it is called, is highly recom- 

 mended by the Missouri poultry experimental farm. It 

 is composed of a grain mixture of 200 Ib. of coarse 

 cracked corn with 100 Ib. of wheat. For dry mash, ground 

 oats is continually before the hens in open hoppers. 

 When the ground oats cannot be obtained, a mixture 

 composed of 50 Ib. of wheat bran, 25 Ib. of corn meal, and 

 25 Ib. of shorts or middlings is used. It is recommended 

 that some of this dry-mash mixture be moistened with 

 water or with sour milk or with buttermilk and fed to 

 the hens during the afternoon of each day. A plentiful 

 supply of green feed, shell, and grit has a prominent 

 place in this ration. 



A ration recommended by the Ontario (Canada) Experi- 

 ment Station is composed of whole wheat and whole 

 corn. A liberal feeding of wheat is thrown into the 

 litter morning and noon and a plentiful supply of whole 

 corn fed at night. A dry mash is used with this grain 

 mixture, the mash being composed of 100 Ib. each of 

 wheat bran, low-grade flour, and barley chop or meal. 

 Some of this dry-mash mixture is fed in the middle of 

 the afternoon as a wet mash. Boiled vegetables, waste 

 bread or kitchen scraps, and 10-per-cent. beef scrap are 

 included in the afternoon mash feed. A plentiful supply 

 of green feed of some kind with grit, oyster shell, and 

 charcoal are considered as a prominent part of this 

 ration. 



Quantity of Food Required by One Hen in a Year. 

 The figures for the quantity of food required by one hen 

 in a year given in the accompanying table were derived 

 from careful records of the food eaten by several hun- 

 dred hens in a year. They show a total average of about 

 4.86 oz., or a little less than 4 oz. of grain and meal and 

 about %o oz. of other material per day for each hen. 

 Another test of 4,800 hens shows a food consumption of 

 3.96 oz. of grain per day for each, besides green food and 

 grit. 



