POULTRY FOR PROFIT 101 



Maine Experiment Station. — The feeding of the 

 pullets after they are brought in from range the first 

 of September is progressive. 



The first month in the laying house they receive: 

 Grain mixture : 



Morning, cracked corn. 

 Evening, 2 parts wheat, 2 parts oats. 

 Dry mash : 



300 pounds bran. 

 100 pounds corn meal. 

 100 pounds low grade flour. 

 100 pounds beef scrap. 

 The second month in the laying house the scratch 

 mixture remains the same, but the dry mash is 

 changed to : 



200 pounds bran. 

 100 pounds corn meal. 

 100 pounds low grade flour. 

 100 pounds gluten meal. 

 100 pounds beef scrap. 

 The third month 50 pounds of linseed meal is 

 added to the above; the fourth month the linseed 

 meal is omitted, and so on. The experts at the sta- 

 tion find that by adding linseed meal only every other 

 month they keep the pullets from moulting in the 

 fall and maintain a higher degree of health. 



Ontario Experiment Station. — Summer ration 

 for yarded fowls: Dry mash, in hoppers; for old 

 hens, wheat bran ; for pullets, equal parts bran, low 

 grade flour and barley chop or meal. Grain fed 

 twice a day, wheat in the morning and wheat and 

 barley or corn in the evening, corn being used only 

 when very cheap. 



Winter ration: Dry mash as above. Morning 

 feed, whole wheat from six to eight inches deep in 

 litter; about noon, a little more wheat and whole 



