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TasLeE XV.—Whole-Grain Mixture fed Morning and Afternoon in Litter. 
By weight, By measure, By weight, By measure. 
winter, winter. summer. summer. 
60 Ibs. wheat 32 qts. wheat 60 lbs. wheat | 32 qts. wheat 
60 lbs. corn 36 qts. corn 60 Ibs. corn 36 qts. corn 
30 lbs. oats 30 qts. oats 30 Ibs. oats 30 qts. oats 
30 Ibs. buckwheat | 20 qts. buckwheat 7 
Taste XVI.—Dry Mash fed in a Hopper, open Afternoons only. 
By weight, winter and summer. By measure, winter and summer. 
60 lbs. corn meal 57 qts. corn meal 
60 lbs. wheat middlings 71 qts. wheat middlings 
30 lbs. wheat bran 57 qts. wheat bran 
10 lbs. alfalfa meal 20 qts. alfalfa meal 
10 lbs. oil meal 8 qts. oil meal 
50 lbs. beef scrap 43 qts. beef scrap 
1 Ib. salt 4 qt. salt 
noon feeding (in time to find grain before dark). In the case of pullets or 
fowls in heavy laying, restrict both night and morning feeding to induce 
heavy eating of dry mash, especially in the case of hens. This ration should 
be supplemented with beets, cabbage, sprouted oats, green clover, or other 
succulent feed, unless running on grass-covered range. Grit, cracked oyster 
shell, and charcoal should be accessible at all times. Green feed should not 
be fed in a frozen condition. All feed and litter used should be strictly sweet, 
clean, and free from mustiness, mold, or decay. Serious losses frequently 
occur from disease, due to the fowls taking into their bodies, through their 
intestinal tract or lungs, the spores of molds.” 
California Rations.—The following are two dry-mash formulas 
recommended by the California Station: ‘They are calculated 
for 100 hens a day, and if fed with nine to twelve pounds of grain, 
according to weight of hens, and some green stuff, they will form 
a well-balanced ration. The mash may be fed wet or dry.” 
Quarts. Pounds. Quarts. Pounds. 
Bran... sce cadens 6.0 3.0 Bran. eects mcaieca ae 4.0 2.0 
Middlings.......... 5 5 Alfalfa meal.........1.0 5 
Linseed meal O. P.. .5 5 Corn meal.......... 1.0 1.5 
Gluten feed........ & 1.0 Shorts.............. 2.0 1.5 
Ground oats........ 1.0 75 Barley meal......... 1.0 1.1 
Corn meal......... 1.5 2.25 Ground beans....... 1.0 11 
Beef scrap......... 1.0 1.50 Beef scrap.......... 1.0 5 
Coarse bone meal. . .0.5 1.00 Coarse bone meal.... .5 1.0 
