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poses. In consequence I am using a masE 

 composed of 50 lbs. of bran, 50 lbs. of mid- 

 dlings, 50 lbs. of maize meal, 50 lbs. of fish- 

 meal, and 1 lb. of salt, witb cracked corn fed 

 as grain in the morning. I am getting very- 

 good results in the matter of eggs. 



Cracked com is the cheapest grain at pres- 

 ent (January, 1916). It has a name for 

 being too fattening and causing liver trouble. 

 I have, for my part, never found any harm 

 in feeding corn in any season. In early days 

 I fed whole corn only, no other kind of feed 

 whatever being given to the birds, in all tem- 

 peratures, from 3° below zero to 100° in the 

 shade, and I had a flock that averaged 178 

 eggs per bird. I do not know whether cracked 

 corn would do with the heavy breeds, but I 

 know it gives good results when fed to White 

 Leghorns. 



As I said before, the birds are bred from 

 when two years old, and are mated with 

 cockerels bred from hens with high egg 

 yields. About twenty cockerels are placed 

 with 400 hens, and the fertility has always 

 been high. 



The best of the hens are sold at the end of 



