FEEDING PULLETS v7 
tity of scratch feed, the birds will shed but 
few feathers during the first winter, and will 
continue to lay all winter long. 
Decreased Amounts in Summer. It is 
every poultryman’s ambition to produce as 
many eggs in summer as possible, and in 
order to do this he must get the birds to eat 
as much mash as they will during the warmer 
months. To accomplish this the scratch- 
feed ration should be reduced, thus causing 
the birds to eat more mash. 
If this plan is followed the birds are much 
less likely to become overfat and lazy. 
Because they have consumed more mash 
they will lay more eggs. The egg produc- 
tion will not drop to a low point in the 
summer as is frequently the case when too 
much scratch grain is given during the 
warmer months. 
How to Feed Scratch. The scratch feed . 
should be given in a deep litter to induce as 
much exercise as possible, because it is 
thoroughly proved that birds that are kept 
active, both summer and winter, show better 
appetites, eat more food of all kinds, and 
therefore have a greater power to produce 
