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THE CALL OF THE HEN. 



pose type, and the meat type. As he had fancy birds in all the 

 different types he did not want to dispose of any of his flock, so 

 I segregated them into three divisions, the egg type, the dual 

 purpose type, and the meat type. After that he fed the egg 

 'ype ail the grain they could clean up in the scratching shod, 

 and kept a balance ration of dry ground feed before them all 

 ;he time. The dual purpose hens were fed all the grain they 

 could clean up in the scratching sheds with a small amount 

 oi dry ground feed each day. The meat type hens were fed 



Figure 8. Showing How to Test Condition. 



a smaller amount of grain in the scratching shed, with a 

 couple of feeds each week of dry ground mash, just enough to 

 keep them in condition. After this he had no more trouble 

 with his hens not laying in the proper season, and dying from 

 being too fat. He would occasionally pick up hens in 

 the different pens and note their condition and feed them ac- 

 cordingly. He told me later that before he had taken the les- 

 sons he Had been working completely in the dark, but now he 

 understood the matter thoroughly and knew what to do. 



