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to pick at, or a few roots such as mangel wurzel or other beets, or a 

 cabbage head. Plenty of succulent feed pays a big dividend in eggs. 



Besides the feed, hens should be well supplied with grit, oyster 

 shell and bone. Bone is one of the most important factors in getting 

 commercial eggs; there is plenty of lime in bone and this in a form 

 most acceptable to a hen's anatomy. It can be supplied in the mash, 

 but if not supplied in this manner, then it must be kept where the hens 

 can help themselves. 



If labor is not considered, there is not anything on this green earth 

 that pays better in eggs than sprouted oats. But it is a chore to 

 furnish a big flock of hens with enough sprouted oats to count. I 

 have been feeding sprouted oats for over ten years, so know what 

 I am saying, but as stated, it is a big chore. Oats to a hen is what 

 oats is to a horse. It is life and vitality. 



All horses that are to be depended upon in times of stress are fed 

 on oats, which gives strength and fleetness to the race horse and they 

 will give strength and endurance to your hens to keep on laying all 

 the year around. 



Two feeds a day of sprouted oats will give you eggs in winter, 

 when nothing else will. I am speaking now in general, but I am going 

 to tell you how to feed each breed or rather each class of poultry 

 separately. 



There are a great many mistakes made by feeding all alike. It 

 does not pay, because their needs are not all alike. 



Different Breeds Require Different Treatment. — All the small active 

 breeds can stand a little more of the fattening foods, such as corn, 

 than the heavy breeds. They do not put on so much flesh, so in place 

 of the barley or wheat, cracked corn or Egyptian corn can be served 

 for the morning meal, or if preferred, for supper, especially in winter 

 when eggs are wanted for hatching. 



But for the large breeds no corn should ever be fed, as they get 

 too fat internally. Make them scratch for the most of their living 

 and you will have strong, healthy hens and chicks. 



