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mangels are fed to the birds in each pen daily in winter, and 

 green food in plenty in summer. 



C. BRICAULT, M.D.V., of Andover, Mass., is another man who 

 has succeeded in obtaining the 2OO-egg hen some of his White 

 Wyandottes having considerably exceeded this figure. Dr. 

 Bricault relies more upon inheritance than upon any special bill 

 of fare in getting the 2OO-egg hen, but his method of feeding, as 

 given in his own words, is excellent. 



"Morning. One of the following grains is scattered in the 

 litter: oats, wheat, corn, barley, about one handful to two hens. 

 We then water the hens, giving warmed water on very cold days ; 

 that is, water with the chill taken off. 



"Noon. Grain as in the morning, but less, about one handful 

 to three hens. We feed a different grain at every meal. At this 

 meal we give the green food of the day (cabbage one day, beets 

 the next, scalded clover or whatever we have on hand), but they 

 get green food every day. Sometimes we give a feed of green 

 cut bone as a variety in place of grain ; but we do not feed cut 

 bone regularly. 



"Night. Our mash is fed at night, and we give the hens all 

 they will eat. We make the mash as follows: bran, corn meal, 

 ground oats, equal parts by bulk, well mixed together. These 

 meals are put in the trough with enough boiling water to make 

 the mass 'wet dry/ and covered over with a bag and left to cook 

 in their own heat ; when cool it is fed. We feed the mash every 

 second day. We feed it in long troughs, and give all they will 

 eat up clean in half an hour. The days on which the mash is 

 omitted we give one of the above mentioned grains one handful 

 to each hen. 



"A self-feeding trough is placed in every pen, divided into 

 three compartments : in one there is grit, in the other oyster shells, 

 the third contains a mixture of meat and the ground grains used 

 in the mash, half meat and half grain. This last makes a good 

 mixture to serve as lunch between meals. 



"We also keep a small piece of rock salt in each pen for the 

 hens to pick at. This can be placed in a slatted box, with the slats 

 about 2 inches apart. 



"We believe in regularity in feeding and practice it. 



"After the hens have gone to roost at night, we scatter the 

 morning feed in the litter so the hens can go to scratching as soon 

 as they come off the roost in the morning." 



