78 POULTRY 
eggs because they are in better and more 
vigorous condition. 
One-fourth of the day’s supply should be 
fed in the morning, one-fourth at noon, and 
one-half at night. In excessively cold 
weather, for instance, if there are two or three 
days when the thermometer goes to con- 
siderably below zero, two or three pounds 
extra of the scratch feed per one hundred 
hens should be given each of these days. 
This may be given in extra feeds, so as to 
induce as much exercise as possible. 
Green Feed. It is considered by many 
poultrymen that green feed in some form is 
essential. The green feeds which are most 
generally used are sprouted oats, cabbage, 
and mangels. Of the three, sprouted oats 
are best. 
Sprouted Oats. If oats are sprouted 
for green feed the grain used for the purpose 
should be that which has not been treated 
with sulphur or by any other similar process. 
The sprouts should be allowed to grow not 
over two or three inches and should be fed 
in the litter so that the birds will have to 
search to get them. 
