CHAPTER X 



EGG LAYING RATIONS 



Selection of a Ration. Select a ration of palatable 

 feeds made up of grains available in your section which 

 are lowest in price and which will supply a balanced ration 

 for the fowls. The same ration can be fed to advantage 

 throughout the year without changing its composition. 

 Adapt the method of feeding and the amount of feed to 

 the time of the year and condition of the stock. A larger 

 proportion of scratch feed than of mash should be fed in 

 the fall and about equal parts of scratch feed and mash 

 during the winter, while more mash than scratch feed 

 is consumed in the spring and early summer. In selecting 

 the best feeds, study the market and compare the grains 

 according to their analysis, always considering whether 

 or not these grains are well relished and are palatable to 

 the fowl. An extensive list of good egg laying rations is 

 given in Table I in the appendix of this book. 



Corn, wheat, oats and barley are the principal grains 

 fed to poultry, while Kaffir corn, buckwheat, feterita and 

 Egyptian corn are good feeds to use in certain sections. 

 Corn and wheat are the two best grains, being about equal 

 in value as poultry feeds, although neither one gives good 

 results if fed alone as corn is inclined to be too fattening 

 and wheat does not contain all of the necessary characters 

 to make a good feed by itself. 



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