SUMMER FEEDING 45 
from chick feed to the scratch feed should be 
made when the chicks are eight to ten weeks 
old, and about a week should be occupied in 
making the change. 
Scratch feed should consist of equal parts 
by weight of cracked corn, wheat, and oats. 
This feed should be fed twice a day—half in 
the morning and half at night. 
How to Adjust Feeding. It will not be 
at all difficult to adjust the scratch feed so 
that the mash and scratch shall be equally 
divided. If the chickens eat fifty pounds, 
for example, of mash one week they should 
receive fifty pounds of scratch the succeeding 
week, or approximately seven pounds per 
day. If in some succeeding week the chickens 
eat one hundred pounds of mash in a week, 
they should receive the following week one 
hundred pounds of scratch feed, or approx- 
imately fourteen pounds per day. 
Avoid Undue Forcing. By feeding the 
chickens in this manner, they will not be 
unduly forced into egg production. It is 
possible to feed pullets so they will reach 
maturity, as far as egg production is con- 
cerned, before they reach maturity in size. 
