BY W. G. KRUM 115 



Always knock, whistle or speak before opening a door. It pays to be polite in a hen 

 house. Fright retards egg production. 



GENERAL RULES 



In order to insure against mistake or misunderstanding, one person, the Instructor, is 

 responsible for the proper performance of the various kinds of work and the accuracy of 

 the records; therefore, he should always be present when weighings are made. If the 

 Instructor is not available, an assistant will attend to it. 



Always carry the "official note book" while doing the poultry practice work and use it. 



Leave weekly record sheets and note book in the Dressing room on your locker door. 



Copy from the original slips without removing leaves from the book. 



Make all notes at the time the observation is made. Do not trust to your memory. 

 Post up records each night. Keep close watch of grit, shell and feed hoppers, see that 

 they are supplied and feeding properly. 



Credit will be turned in as incomplete unless pens are left in perfect order and all 

 records completed. 



RULES FOR FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT 

 MORNING 



1. Feed whole grain and only as much as the hens will eat eagerly, (unless otherwise 

 directed for special pens in experiments.) Feed much or little according to their appe- 

 tites. If too much grain is fed in the morning, not enough of the ground feed will be 

 eaten; if too little grain is fed in the morning, too much ground feed will be eaten. To 

 know how much to give is the fine art of feeding. It can only be learned by much prac- 

 tice and careful observation. 



2. Scatter the grain over the entire floor space. 



3. Keep the straw loose and well toward the front of the house, rake straw to the 

 front once daily. 



4. If hens are not hungry enough to work for their living, they are being fed too 

 much. 



5. If the litter is not piled up in heaps and full of holes down to the floor, the hens 

 are not working enough. 



NOON 



1. Open feed hopper. 



2. Feed cut bone and vegetables. 



3. When the supply cans are empty, they should be weighed, refilled with the ground 

 meal mixture prescribed, weighed again, and the amount of feed charged on the daily 

 food record. 



4. Clean and return promptly to their proper places, the pails used for watering and 

 feeding. 



NIGHT 



1 . Feed all the whole grain scattered in the litter that the hens will eat (unless other- 

 wise directed for special pens in experiment). They should go to roost with full crops. 

 It is better to have a little grain uneaten at night than to have hens go to roost unsatisfied. 



2. When the supply cans contain insufficient grain for the next feeding, they should 

 be carried to the feed room, weighed, filled and weighed again, and the weights recorded 

 on the "daily food record sheet." 



3. Feed stock in hanging coops three times daily. 



