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a full feed of mixed small grains and a little corn. — JI Z¢er — Wheat mash will be eaten 
up clean at the morning meal; at noon, small grains, sunflower seed, etc.; at night, all’ 
the corn they will eat. 
(2). Ration for Laying Hens. — Leghorns.— (Wyckorr).— Morning — Mash 
compounded as follows: 1 bu. corn, 2 bu. oats, ground fine; to each 200 Ibs. of this 
mixture add 100 Ibs. bran and 5 or 6 Ibs. beef scraps; moisten with milk; feed in troughs, 
returning after ten or fifteen minutes to take up any feed that may be left, and give a 
second feeding where needed. At noon,— green food, mangels or cabbage in winter, 
clover or kale in summer; sometimes a light feed of mixed grain in litter. Night feed,— 
mixed grain, in winter 2 bu. each wheat, oats, buckwheat, and corn; in summer the corn 
in the mixture reduced one-half. 
(3). Ration for Twelve Fowls.— (Boyer).— Dump all kitchen scraps into an old 
pot, and cook each evening; salt when cooking. In the morning heat up again. Scald 
1 pint bran, I pint equal parts ground oats and corn meal; mix with the scraps. Twice 
a week add a little condition powder or charcoal and sulphur. Feed 2 qts., (less rather 
than more) to twelve hens. At noon feed 1 pt. of wheat or oats in litter; at night, 1 qt. 
of wheat, oats, or (in winter) cracked corn in litter, feeding the grains in regular rotation. 
(4). Ration for Fowls Kept on the Colony Plan.— (WiLsBour):— Morning feed, 
— cooked vegetables and mixed meals; afternoon feed,— whole corn the year round. 
(5). Ration for Laying Hens.— (DawLry).— Morning,— mash, clover hay or 
crimson clover steamed over night; in the morning stirred up with a mixed feed of 100 
Ibs. coarse wheat bran, 75 Ibs. yellow corn meal, 100 lbs. ground oats, 50 to 75 lbs. 
linseed meal, a little charcoal, salt. Feed all they will eat clean. Noon,— green bone 
and vegetables. Night,— whole wheat and a little corn. 
(6). Ration for Fifty Laying Hens.— (Mrs. Reep).— A little grain scattered over 
' night for an early morning feed. Mash when the sun is about two hours high; take for 
fifty hens 8 qts. boiling water, 1 tablespoon fine salt, 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper, 1 teacup 
drippings or fat; into this stir corn meal 2 parts, wheat bran 1 part—to make a soft 
dough — not a batter. Feed very hot, in troughs, as much as they will eat up clean in 
one-half hour. Noon feed,—house scraps. Evening feed,— grain, principally corn on 
the cob; wheat, rye, oats, barley, and buckwheat used with corn in rotation. 
(7). Ration for Laying Breeding Stock.— (NesmiTH).— Morning,—a full feed 
of whole grain, principally wheat; but barley, oats, buckwheat used often. Noon,—a 
light feed of grain. Evening,— mash, of dried bread, cut clover, beet scraps and mixed 
meals, well cooked and fed warm — not hot —all they will eat. 
(8). Laying Ration for Twelve Wyandottes.— (Parton).— Morning, 1 qt. 
wheat in litter. Noon,— green food, clover, mangels or cabbage. Evening, — mash, 
8 parts corn meal, 8 parts fine bran, 4 parts buckwheat middlings, 3 parts meat meal, 2 
parts oil meal, a little salt; all mixed in warm water and fed crumbly, all they will eat 
clean. 
(9). Ration for Laying Hens. — Leghorns — in Cold House.—(Ewinc & Fox). 
Morning,— mash, 2 parts bran, 1 part corn meal, 1 qt. cut bone to 40 hens added every 
other day; condition powder once a week. Noon,— cabbage and a little grain, generally 
. oats or barley. Night,— wheat and corn, alternating. 
(10). Ration for Adult Fowls.— (Curtis).— Morning,— mash one-half bran, the 
other half boiled potatoes, cracked corn, ground wheat, chopped oats, any special article 
at hand. Afternoon,— whole grain, in litter, corn and wheat, in summer equal parts; 
in winter two-thirds corn, one-third wheat. 
