218 PRACTICE OF POULTRY FEEDING 
the night. The night ration given is designed for White Leghorns; 
when feeding heavier breeds, it is better to eliminate one-half of 
the cracked corn and to substitute barley for the buckwheat. Dur- 
ing the summer months a night ration of equal parts of cracked 
corn, wheat, oats, and barley is given, the amount depending on 
the size and condition of the range. 
TaBLe XIV.—Night Ration, Mixture No. 3. 
Carbo- 
Amount | Amount Ash or 
; D \ . | hydrates} Cost. 
Mind offeed. | ze. | mesture,| matter. | Rveen | Prov | plugfat') ads). 
4 
Lbs. Qts. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. 
Cracked corn....} 200 120 178 3.0 15.8 | 152.8 | $3.30 
Wheat..........} 100 53 90 1.8 10.2 73.0 2.20 
Clipped oats.....| 100 98 89 3.0 9.2 56.8 1.93 
Buckwheat......| 100 66 87 2.0 7.7 53.3 2.00 
Total....... 500 337 444 9.8 42.9 | 335.9 9.43 
Average topound)........ 674 888]  .019 085 .671; = .018 
Nutritive ratio, 1 : 7.8. 
A good rule in feeding the night ration is to feed all that the 
birds will eat, or rather more, so as to have a little left for them 
to go to work on in the morning. A good feeder will occasionally 
go among the birds at night when they are on the perches and feel 
their crops. If, they are not full early in the evening, he will con- 
clude that either the layers are not getting enough or that they 
have lost their appetite. In either case, the defect should be imme- 
diately corrected. 
Twenty birds, if fed dry mash and scratch feed, will receive 
during the winter months the following nutrients per day: 
Lbs. Protein. C.H. plus fat. Cost. 
8.0 1.1 4.87 $0.14 
The yearly cost of feed averages about $1.40 per bird. 
The feeding of some succulent material in addition to this 
ration cannot be too strongly recommended. 
Cornell Rations.—The following complete rations for laying 
hens are recommended by the poultry department of Cornell 
University. 
“The fowls should eat about one-half as much mash by weight as whole 
grain. Regulate the proportion of grain and ground feed by giving a light 
feeding of grain in the morning and about all they will consume at the after- 
