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of which is fed so that they eat it up clean in fifteeiQo 

 twenty minutes. In addition to this mash we feed Vjarley 

 well shaken into the litter to make them work for it so as to 

 give them plenty of exercise to digest the mash. 



We watch our litter very carefully, and if upon ex- 



A Section of the Poultry House of W. F. Mautz, Described in the 

 Accompanying Article. 



amination we find any gmiu upon the floor we feed less, 

 and if none is found we feed heavier, but do not pay any 

 attention to it if we find any grain under the litter after 

 the evening meal, as it is our intention to send the fowls 

 to roost with full crops. In the evening before they go to 

 roost we feed wheat well shaken into the litter, all that 

 they will eat. A hen in order to produce eggs in winter 

 must be fed enough to make up the wear and tear of the 

 body and have something left for the production of eggs. 

 We do not believe in over feeding neither do we believe 

 in starving them; any person acquainted with his flock 



