MASH FEED By weight 

 as follows: 2 parts Bran, 1 

 part Ground Oats, 1 part 

 Corn Meal, 1 part Middlings, 

 y 2 part Gluten Meal (if ob- 

 tainable. To this mash can 

 be added cooked vegetables, 

 or steamed Alfalfa or Clover, 

 but not to exceed % of the 

 whole mash; Beef Scrap 12% 

 to 15% of the mash, but 

 omit if Beef Scrap is al- 

 ready fed from the hopper. 



ANIMAL FOODS are full of protein and 

 take the place of bugs, worms, etc., that the 

 fowl finds in her natural season for laying. 

 They are Milk, Beef Scrap, Blood Meal, Green 

 Bone ,etc. Such foods (rich in protein) are 

 positively necessary, but take care not to over- 

 feed. A good plan is to feed beef scrap in a 

 hopper, letting the fowls help themselves, just 

 as they pick up bugs for themselves in sum- 

 mer. Many prefer to include animal food in 

 the mash feed. Milk in its various forms is 

 often fed this way. Of course milk is one 

 of the best animal foods. In feeding green 

 bone, be careful not to feed too much, or bowel 

 trouble will surely follow. 



GREEN FOODS These take in all 



kinds of fruits, vegetables and growing grasses and grain. Alfalfa Meal, 

 Clover Meal, Sprouted Oats, Cabbage, Beets, etc. All fowls should have some 

 green food daily, to get the best results. One of the most valuable of green 

 foods is sprouted oats, for which read special section. Like the others 

 green foods help furnish the domestic fowl with its properly balanced food 

 supply according to the needs of nature. 



BALANCED RATIONS A balanced ration is one so made that it 

 furnishes just what the fowl needs. Balanced rations are selected and 

 compounded from the foregoing according to knowledge of what is re- 

 quired, at various seasons, to produce eggs and meat in addition to maintain- 

 ing normal health and vigor. We must take into consideration that we de- 

 mand vastly more from the fowl than nature ever did; that we twist the 

 seasons so that the fowl will lay in winter, and that we have to supply food 

 to meet these requirements over and above what nature would provide when 

 the fowl was idle. We are giving a few formulas for feeds and, while they 

 are excellent in themselves, they should be frequently varied. Ingredients 

 of equal value should be substituted as often as possible. Fowls cannot 

 thrive on a continuous diet, but, like ourselves, require a change. Their 

 appetites flag on one line of food and your profits grow correspondingly less. 



OTHER FEEDING POINTS It is not only what to feed, but how 

 much and how often, that determines success. A laying hen should have at 

 least six ounces of food per day, which seems an enormous quantity in pro- 

 portion to her weight, until we consider the great drain upon her. 



Beginners are very apt to forget some of the essentials of poultry feed- 

 ing, the lack of which causes serious complica- 

 tions and disorders. Grit, Oyster Shell, Mor- 

 tar, Charcoal, Green Cut Bone (or other ani- 

 mal food, and pure fresh water, are the very 

 items which should never be forgotten. It is 

 a wise idea always to have such food before 

 the fowls. We might make one exception to 

 the above and that is not to feed too much 

 Green Cut Bone, but alternate it with other 

 animal foods from time to time. One pound 

 of Green Cut Bone to 20 fowls is enough at 

 any one feed. More will cause bowel trouble. 

 The whole secret in feeding Green Cut Bone 

 is in small amounts often, not large feeds just 

 Once in a while. 



SCRATCHING FEED 

 Mixture of Wheat, Oats, 

 Corn (Whole or Cracked), 

 Barley, Kaffir Corn, Buck- 

 wheat, and Millet Seed. 



Sunflower Seed can be 

 added. Cut out Buckwheat 

 in summer. 



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