MANAGEMENT 113 
physical condition of a flock of laying hens, 
if no milk or similar food is fed. The salts 
should be given once every three or four 
weeks, as follows: The dose is three-quarters 
of a pound of Epsom salts to each hundred 
birds. No water should be given the fore- 
noon of the day when the salts are to be 
given. At noon, or thereabouts, the salts 
should be dissolved in about three-quarters 
of the amount of water that is usually con- 
sumed in a day by a given number of hens. 
At that time all of the hens are thirsty and 
will drink the water containing the salts 
readily. The dose of salts will be practically 
uniformly divided among all the hens. After 
the water containing the salts has been con- 
sumed, a pail or container of fresh water 
should be supplied them. 
If milk in some form is fed to the hens, the 
only time the salts need be used is whenever 
the droppings become dry and hard. It is 
claimed that by the judicious use of salts the 
poultryman will not be obliged to use green 
feed in any form. While the author believes 
that from the mechanical standpoint of di- 
gestion salts will take the place of green feed, 
