216 PRACTICE OF POULTRY FEEDING 
This mash is kept before the birds all the time in large self- 
feeding hoppers. 
TaBLE XI.—Dry Mash, Mizture No. 1. 
: Amount | Amount Dry Ash or . A Seam Cost. 
Hind of feed. | Pye | mosdure| mater | mineral | Protein. | Blaster’) cats. 
Lbs. Qts. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. 
Wheat bran... .. 200 380 | 176.0 11.6 24.2 90.6 $3.20 
Wheat middlings| 200 240 | 176.0 7.6 |*25.6 | 121.4 3.50 
Ground oats..... 200 200 | 178.0 6.0 18.4 | 113.6 3.30 | 
Corn meal...... 100 95 | 89.0 1.5 7.9 76.4 1.65 
Gluten meal... .. 100 80 92.0 8 25.8 65.6 1.70 
Meat scrap, high 
grade......... 100 86 39.3 4.1 66.2 31.1 3.00 
Alfalfa, cut short 100 200 92.0 7.4 11.0 42.3 1.60 
Total....... 1,000 | 1,281 | 892.3 39.0 | 179.1 541.0 17.95 
Average topound]........ 1.28 892 .039 179 541 .018 
Nutritive ratio, 1 : 3.02. 
The above dry mash is designed especially for the feeding of 
White Leghorns. Where heavier breeds are kept, such as Plymouta 
Rocks or Wyandottes, the tendency will be to take on an excess 
of fat. Under these conditions it is the best policy to restrict the 
amount of mash eaten by leaving the hopper open during the 
afternoon only, thus inducing the birds to work more for the grain 
fed in the litter. 
During the molting season, or in the months of July, August, 
and September, oil meal is substituted for the gluten in the same 
proportion, to hasten the growth of feathers. In the spring, as 
soon as the birds get out on green grass, the alfalfa can be gradually 
omitted. Meat scrap is gradually reduced in amount as soon as 
the birds get out on free range and can find insects and worms. 
The extent to which the above mash can be changed or reduced 
during summer will depend upon the character and amount of 
range which the birds have during that time. 
The following modification of the New Jersey dry mash is very 
economical for summer feeding, the change from one to the other 
being made gradually as soon as the birds are on free range with 
plenty of forage: 
