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fresh air and sunlight possible, for they are great purifiers 

 and cost nothing. 



Foods and Feeding. 



If the pullets are out in the fields every day when the 

 weather permits, feeding is a simple problem. But if they 

 must be confined in houses an effort must be made to sup- 

 ply that part of their food which they would obtain in the 

 fields, if allowed their liberty, and to supply it in a similar 

 form so far as possible. 



For flocks enjoying free range, a liberal supply of the 

 principal grains, with fresh water daily, is all that is re- 

 quired. Corn, wheat, and oats fed alternately, one in the 

 morning, one at mid-day, and one toward evening, will pro- 

 duce good results if a dish of beef scraps is constantly in 

 reach of the flock from which they can secure what ani- 

 mal food they need to bring that obtained by foraging up 

 to the requirements of their systems. 



Some breeders prefer to feed a damp mash at least once 

 each day. The writer is inclined to favor feeding this mix- 

 ture in the morning and has found that two parts of corn- 

 meal, three of bran and sufficient beef scraps to make 10 

 per cent of the mash is a simple and effective combination. 

 If milk can be obtained ■'o mix this mash it is more palat- 

 able and produces better results. When mash is fed the 

 dish of i^eef scraps mentioned above, may be dispensed 

 with, but meat must be provided in some manner if the best 



A Colony House for Winter Layers which has a Glass Window, also a. 

 Cloth-Filled Aperture to Provide Ventilation. 



