FEEDING AND FEEDS I3E 



the following remarks will be found useful: Mix 

 the ground ingredients with water or skim milk 

 and a little salt until the mass is crumbly. Feed 

 first thing in the morning just what will be eaten 

 up clean in ten minutes. Soon after scatter a little 

 wheat or oats in the straw, just enough to keep the 

 fowls, busy till noon. Then scatter some more 

 grain. About an hour before sundown feed wheat 

 or corn, enough to fill the fowls' crops. Fowls on 

 free range will not require such frequent feeding. 



DRY MASH OR WET MASH 



Fowls enjoy wet mash more than dry, but dry 

 mash saves labor, since enough may be put in the 

 hopper to last a week. When fed wet, at least one 

 feeding must be given daily. Since fowls eat wet 

 mash more greedily than dry, more care must be 

 exercised to avoid overfeeding. AVhere skim milk 

 is available the ration may be cheapened by using 

 it to wet the mash. Bran and middlings may be 

 made to take large quantities of milk and thus to 

 balance out and cheapen the ration. Thus it can be 

 made to save more costly feeds. When skillfully 

 fed, wet mash should give better results in egg yield 

 than dry. Cut bone may be fed daily or three times 

 a week, just what the fowls will eat up clean in lo 

 or 15 minutes. Each hen can use 3 or 4 ounces a 

 week to advantage, though more should be fed dur- 

 ing heavy laying and in winter than at other times. 



As a rule it does not pay to boil poultry feed, 

 besides, most feeds give better results when fed 

 raw. This does not apply to potatoes and similar 

 starchy feeds, which are improved by boiling. 



No radical changes should be made in the ration. 

 A definite plan should be well worked out before 



