APPENDIX 



This table gives a number of the best rations for 

 egg production to supplement the material found in the 

 text of this book. These rations include those recom- 

 mended by the United States Department of Agriculture 

 and also by experiment stations in each section of this 

 country. The mash is the most important part of an 

 egg laying ration. The scratch mixture can be changed 

 freely, according to the prices of grains as each of the 

 various constituents of the scratch mixtures have about 

 the same nutritive ratio and much of the same value. 



Table I^Egg Laying Rations 



Recommended by Mash Scratch Mixture 



U. S. Department 16 lbs. corn meal 1 or 2 lbs. cracked corn 



ut Agriculture 6i^ lbs. meat scrap i lb. wheat 



1 lb. bran i lb. oats 



1 lb. middlings 



2 lbs corn meal or 3 lbs. cracked corn 

 barley meal t lb. oats 



I lb. bran i lb. wheat or barlty 



1 lb. middlings 



I lb. meat or fish scrap 



I lb. bran 3 lbs. cracked com 



1 lb. middlings a lbs. oats 



3 lbs. corn meal 1 lb. wheat 

 ij^ lbs. meat scrap 



2 lbs. (ground oats 

 5% linseed meal 



The last ration given is especially adapted for general 

 purpose fowls or any fowls which have a tendency to 

 become overfat on the other rations given above. 



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